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UK January nights are colder than you
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think and it's seedlings that feel it as
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well as yourself. Like now we have had a
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mild winter so far here in the UK and
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more often than not come February time
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we might get snow. You usually get snow
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around February time. So it's you've got
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to be careful if you're starting your
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seedlings off. Now I've obviously got
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all my chilies, my peppers, my orag
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jeans growing on my window at home.
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They've all germinated because they need
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the heat and the light to get growing
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and to stop them from growing leggy. But
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at night it does drop the temperature.
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weather your heating goes off at night
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and the seedlings will feel it from the
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and a lot of cold might come through the
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windows and affect your plants and
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seedlings and you could end up doing
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more damage than you actually think. So,
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if you are growing them on your
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windowsill, either move them to
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somewhere warmer at night and then put
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them back on your windowsill in the
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morning so that they get in the light
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again or make sure you have nice thick
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curtains to stop that cold from coming
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in affecting the seedlings. And if the
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cold gets to the roots, it can damage
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the plants. It could kill them off or it
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could slow the growth down and not
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produce great plants. So the colder
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nights do affect seedlings and that is
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the reason one of the reasons why I only
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start them three off at this time of
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year. I don't start any other seedlings
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off till March time, April time in my
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big massive greenhouse. And when you see
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that come that in March, April time,
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you'll think, "Wow, he has a lot of
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seedlings." I don't end up using them
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all. I get too carried away and I end up
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growing absolutely loads. But yeah, I
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end up giving loads away to my parents
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and to my neighbors on the plot and
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sharing them all out so they don't go to
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waste. But yeah, I absolutely go mad at
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growing my seedlings. I can't wait come
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March time. I usually end up having to
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have a few days off work so that can get
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them all sewn and prepared and ready.
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And obviously the cold does stress the
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plants out and it weakens the plants
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longterm. So you've got to be really
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careful around the cold weather in your
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house and on your window sills. So it's
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a key thing to keep the plants protected
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if you are growing seedlings. And
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obviously if you've got heated green
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houses as well, obviously make sure they
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bubble wrapped or an extra layer of
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protection to keep them warm at night.
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You may even put fleece over them to
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give them that extra layer so that the
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frost doesn't get onto the leaves and
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damage them. So yeah, have a look
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around. Make sure that your plants are
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protected during the winter months and
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the colder months. Like I said, it's
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been pretty mild this winter so far, but
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February, it could all turn really cold
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and snowy. So just be prepared for
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weather changes. Make sure you drop us a
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follow to stay up to date with all our
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videos and when we're going to be sewing
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all our seeds down at the plot. Until
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next time everyone, remember keep
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smiling, keep shining and keep gardening
