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Most UK gardeners think they should stop
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sewing seeds in January, but that is not
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always true. I'm part of many Facebook
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groups and you see eager new gardeners
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sewing all the seeds, following the seed
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packets when it says sew in January. And
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they say, "No, you shouldn't start them
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now. It's too early. And do it this way.
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Do it that way." And listen to me. I
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know all the advice and tips and advice.
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I don't personally know all the tips and
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advice. I've just learned along the way.
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Now, a lot of the seeds, like I said in
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one of my previous videos, don't start
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them till March because they'll grow
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leggy and they won't grow well at all.
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And you'll end up having to spend more
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money on more seeds to start them all
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off again and see if they grow better.
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You're best off starting most of your
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seeds off in March, April time, and they
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and grow really well. Especially
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tomatoes. I always start mine off in
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March and they're fruiting all the way
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up to October. Now, the seeds that you
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do need to start now are the orans,
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peppers, and chilies, which I've
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explained in another video because they
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need a long growing season to grow and
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they need the heat and natural light to
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get growing. Now, if they don't have
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natural light, they'll end up growing
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leggy and they won't grow well at all.
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And again, you'll have to start again.
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Now, one of the years I grew them in
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March and they were only just ripening
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in September, but I started them last
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year in January by starting them off in
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my flat first. And yeah, we got a great
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harvest last year. So, there's only
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certain seeds that you can start this
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month as well. The flower seeds you can
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start your sweet peas off now. They
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enjoy a good long growing season. Again,
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they need the natural light to get
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growing. So, we're going to probably be
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starting our sweet peas off next month
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and get them growing well and hopefully
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get some great flowers on them because
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sweet peas are absolutely gorgeous. They
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cut and come again. The more you cut
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them, the more they'll keep flowering
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all the way up to September, October.
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And they provide a fantastic scent as
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well. And obviously a lot of the reasons
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why the seeds fail is because they don't
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have the natural light and the nice
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enough space to get growing really well.
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So I've got a massive greenhouse down
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here at my poly uh my a lotment and it's
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one that I built myself and it's got all
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the shelving in and come March time
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sometimes we have a mini little heat
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wave usually about a week long and that
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will get all the seeds germinating and
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growing really well. I've done that for
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the last 20 years now and it's a perfect
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time to get all the seeds started in
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March time. So if you're thinking about
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sewing your seeds, wait until then. Wait
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until I start and we will get growing
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together down here at the a lotment. So
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it's not about gardening isn't always
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about success. It's been about what you
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get from it. Sometimes you'll have
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failures. Sometimes you'll have amazing
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crops. It's about learning along the
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way. And obviously everybody lives in
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different regions of the UK. If you live
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down south, say in Cornwall, you've got
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about a month earlier than what I have
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because it's warmer down south than it
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is up north. So that is the reason why I
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start all my seeds off in March time. So
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yeah, make sure you drop us a follow to
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stay up to date with all our videos and
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when we're going to be sewing all our
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seeds on our a lotment. Until next time
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everyone, remember, keep smiling, keep
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shining, and keep gardening with Ben,
