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Can you sew tomato seeds in February in
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the UK? Welcome to Gardening with Ben
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and today we're going to be talking
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about tomato seeds. Now, me personally,
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I wouldn't start tomato seeds off in
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February as there's not enough warmth in
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the greenhouse to help them germinate
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and to look after them and keep them
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growing well. And yes, you can start
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them off on the windowsil, but I see so
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many people starting to seeds off on the
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windowsil and they'll grow leggy. And
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leggy means that they stretch towards
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the light because they struggle and they
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don't grow well at all. And people end
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up having to sew them again or go out
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and purchase their own tomato plants and
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start from scratch. So me personally, I
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will start my tomato seeds off from
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March. Usually middle of March towards
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end of March and I always get a great
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crop of tomatoes from starting them.
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Like I'm up north, so it's a bit warmer
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in March up north than it is down south.
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So yeah, I will be starting all my
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tomatoes off then. If I'm starting some
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off in February, the only ones that I
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would start off would be the beef steak
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tomatoes because they might need a bit
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longer growing period to help ripen them
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because they'll take longer to ripen.
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So, that's the only ones that I'd risk.
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All the cherry ones, everyone,
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everything like that in the alakante and
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the money maker, I will start off in
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March time and we'll get some great
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crops from them this year. So, make sure
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you join us and follow us to see when
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we're going to be sewing all our
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tomatoes. We've got so many varieties of
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tomatoes to grow this year. Now, I've
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gone for weird and wonderful tomatoes.
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I'm one of these that don't like to
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stick to the original type varieties.
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Now, we've got some purple ones. We've
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got some black ones. We've got some
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yellow and red ones. We've got speckled
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ones. We've got some great varieties to
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try this year. So, I'm looking forward
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to sharing that all with you. And
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obviously we'll be sharing the videos of
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when we're sewing them all and when
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we're potting them all on as well.
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Obviously like if you were to start them
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off in February, you'd be potting them
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all up and you'd be struggling for space
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for keeping them potted on until it gets
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warm enough in your greenhouse to look
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after them and get enough space. So
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think about that as well. So, if you
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start them off too early, you might not
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be able to find somewhere to store all
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the pots of individual tomato plants
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until it's warm enough in the greenhouse
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because if it's cold, it'll just kill
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them and it'll damage the plants and the
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roots and they won't grow very well at
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all. So, personally, don't start your
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tomatoes off this month. Just wait until
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March time and you will get some great
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crops from them. As obviously new
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growers are eager to get growing and get
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started. I like that. In my first few
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years of growing, I used to read the
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seed packets and it used to say start
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them off in January, February time, and
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I used to be like, "Yes, I can get
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started now. I can get growing." But no,
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wait until it gets a bit warmer. And
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obviously, if you're down south, yeah, f
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fair enough. It sometimes is warm enough
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to start these seeds off. But me
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personally, I always start all my seeds
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off in March, and I get a great crop
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from everything that I grow sometimes.
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But yeah, hold your horses. Wait until
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March. That's when we're going to be
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sewing all our tomato seeds and we'll be
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sharing our journey of growing them. So,
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make sure you drop us a follow and
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you'll be able to see when we start all
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our seeds off. Until next time everyone,
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remember keep smiling, keep shining, we
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keep gardening with Ben everyone.
