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This video explains how to choose good quality seeds, including free or budget seed options, and how to plan what to grow successfully.
The guide covers checking seed varieties, understanding sowing times, organising seed collections and planning planting schedules for better results. It also explains how to make the most of free or low-cost seeds while still achieving strong germination and healthy plants.
If you want to grow more without spending more, these simple practical tips will help you choose and use seeds effectively.
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hey everyone and welcome to gardening
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with Ben in today's video we're going to
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be talking about what free seeds we've
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got in the grow your own magazine for
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March I know a lot of people like to see
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what they're getting in the magazine
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before they buy it so sit back relax and
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enjoy today's episode everyone
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[Music]
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so yes we are now knel it in March and
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the March edition of grow your own
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magazine is now out so we're going to
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show you what seeds we've got in it we
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don't know what seeds are in it it's
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still sealed apart from knowing that
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we've got carrots and broccoli but yeah
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we're going to open it up and see what
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we've got together so let's get this
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opened and do like this magazine is you
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get 10 packets of seeds in it and some
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seeds you probably wouldn't actually buy
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if you went to the garden center and
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sometimes it's worth trying them to see
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what they're actually like and sometimes
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they do really well so it's a good way
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of experimenting and seeing what
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varieties they are out there so let's
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have a look in the one with the broccoli
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on all fastened up so let's have a
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look so first off we've got got some
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green calib broccoli sew that from March
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to May March is the main sewing season
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when I start all my seeds off as it gets
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warmer and I've not got a heated of
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greenhouse so they do tend to germinate
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around end March time so we'll be
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starting all our seeds off in March so
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yeah first packet is broccoli and I
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absolutely love broccoli absolutely
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gorgeous so definitely be growing
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them next up we have got some turnip
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purple top Milan variety these ones so
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yet a decent small little size turnip
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again we s these around March time and
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they'll be ready to harvest between
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August and October now these aren't like
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small packets of seats there's 1,750 in
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them so you're definitely getting your
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money worth for the $6.99 of the
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magazine and you obviously get something
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to read and learn more and more tips and
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advice about
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so yeah that's the next packet turnip
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purple top
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Milan next up is lettuce Roma balloon
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now I've never grown these ones before
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they they look nice them ones usually I
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just grew iceberg lettuce and these ones
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look like a nice crispy one a bit like
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an iceberg so I'll definitely be trying
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these ones this year again we'll be
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starting these in March time and they'll
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be ready to harvest all the way from May
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straight through to October so you can
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sew these continuously like a few seeds
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every few weeks and you'll be harvesting
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them all the way throughout the
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year next up we have got fennel now I've
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never grown fennel before uh I don't
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know what it tastes like so I might give
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that a try and see what it actually
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tastes like and whether it is actually
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nice to grow so yeah some of these I
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probably won't buy from the garden
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center but it's worth trying them and
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seeing what they taste like you never
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know you might actually like
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them next up are onions silver skin De
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Paris now I never knew these these were
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actually these are the ones that he used
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for pickling with so if you want to get
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some pickled onions these are the onions
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to grow silver skin variety again we'll
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be sewing these around March time and
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they'll be ready to harvest all the way
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from July to November so plenty of time
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to harvest them so yeah we'll definitely
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be giving them a try we might need a big
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alotment at this
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rate but yeah only SE what you actually
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need not like me I end up sewing the
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whole packet not saving them for the
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year after next up we have got carrots
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Autumn King
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2 so yeah again sewing these around
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March time and these will be ready to
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harvest all the way up to
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November a great variety to grow and a
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good cropping variety now I've never
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done well with growing carrots but I'm
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going to try them in drain pipes this
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year as my plot neighbor does that and
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he got some fantastic ones growing so
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we're going to try Autumn King to is
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here again these are like all your main
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seeds what you probably would actually
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grow so we're getting a good selection
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so far Crest not that impressed with
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that one but we've got we'll we'll grow
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it and put it in his
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sandwiches but yeah CR again sorry for
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March time all the way to harvesting in
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November so not a brilliant packet but
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decent enough next up we've got some
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dill we do need to create a better herb
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garden down here on our alotment so this
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is encouraging me to start a herb garden
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and get long growing so we'll try
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growing some of that again you can grow
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it all season long sew some on your
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window souls or you can grow it outdoors
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and if you're growing It Outdoors sew it
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around March Time
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now one of my favorites sunflowers I've
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got absolutely L sunflowers this year
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but I absolutely love sunflowers now
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these ones look absolutely gorgeous if
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they grow like that I'll be happy so
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yeah we'll be seing those in March Time
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ready for growing and flowering all the
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way from July to September so another
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happy seat
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purchase next up we've got
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eia I can never say these words I'm so
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rubish saying uh plant words trust me to
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be a blogger and not be able to
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pronounce
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words but you get the gist you can see
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the picture and that is what those look
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like again I'm growing more and more
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flowers down here on the alotment so
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flowers encourage the bees the
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butterflies which you want to encourage
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because they help with pollination
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they'll pollinate your fruit they'll
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pollinate your vegetables pollinate
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tomatoes and your cucumbers so
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encouraging the bees down to your
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allotment is perfect
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so I'm happy with them on we're going to
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be starting those off this month
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February and hopefully they'll be
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flowering this year so we'll give them a
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try see what they come out like make
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sure you're following us and you can see
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how well they actually do see if if
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we'll get some beautiful flowers down
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here on the alment cuz they're
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absolutely gorgeous look at the heads on
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them so hopefully we'll get some
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fantastic flowers so make sure you come
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back for the next video when we'll be
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talking about what seeds are in the
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kitchen Garden Magazine another great
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magazine and that one's not out yet so
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we've not got that one yet so we're just
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waiting for that to come out in the
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shops and then we'll do a video and
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again like I said it tells you how to
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grow these plants what are free in the
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magazine and it gives you lots of tips
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and advice on growing different
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vegetables and fruit so it's always
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worthwhile getting this magazine and
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giving it a good read nice little
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bedtime story to read and learn lots
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more tips and advice and encourage you
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to grow plenty of different varieties
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down at the alotment so let me know if
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you're getting the grow Euro magazine
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and let me know if you're happy with
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those seeds or if they're not something
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that you would purchase but until next
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time everyone remember keep smiling keep
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shining and keep guarding with bet
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everyone
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