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February sewing mistake UK gardeners
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make. Welcome to Gardening with Ben. And
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yes, we are now in February. So, this is
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one February mistake gardeners set
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themselves for failing on their a
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lotments and in the gardens.
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Now, obviously, February can be pretty
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cold still. We can get snow, we can get
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frost, we can get bad weather. It's not
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always best for starting seedlings off
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in. Now, people think, "Oh, I can start
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them all off on my window sill, get them
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all started." However, they can grow
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pretty leggy and not grow very well and
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strong enough. So, I tend to wait for
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all my seedlings to start them off in
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middle of March, end of March, and
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usually they all catch up. The only ones
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that I've started now are my chilies,
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peppers, or jeans. They're the only ones
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that I've started really early. So yeah,
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I usually wait for all my other
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seedlings then and especially my
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tomatoes as well. I usually start them
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off in March. They soon catch up and
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they soon get growing well cuz obviously
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I'm in the north of England. So yeah,
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that is when it's a bit warmer for us up
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north. So I'll be starting all my seeds
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then. So, make sure you stay tuned for
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when we're starting all our seedlings
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off, and we'll be showing you along the
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way how well they're all getting on.
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Now, obviously, starting the seedlings
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off early can be an issue with light and
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space. You don't have as much light or
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space on your windows, so they're not
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always going to grow very well. And
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that's why you need your greenhouse or
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your shed when it gets a bit warmer. And
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sometimes we get a little heat wave in
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February uh or March. And that is the
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ideal time to start them off when it
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gets a bit warmer and the ideal
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temperature really cuz I've got plenty
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of space in my shed. I've got absolutely
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loads of shelving and yeah, we'll be
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starting them all off then. And we're
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preparing this month, getting all the
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seeds ready, seeing what seeds we've got
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and which ones we're going to grow this
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year. We're planning it all. We're
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preparing it all, thinking what we're
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going to grow in each bed. And yeah,
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that is a it's a great time for
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planning. So use February to plan
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everything that you're going to be
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growing in March and use it wisely
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rather than starting early, failing all
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your seeds and having to buy all new
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seeds again and start from scratch. And
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obviously February is a slow month for
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germination. They don't always germinate
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fast. So you could end up overwatering
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them as well, which can rot them and
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cause damage to the roots and they won't
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grow well at all. So March is the best
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time to start them all off. And strong
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plants often come from restraint from
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yourself. So restrain yourself. Don't
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sew the seeds this month. Wait until
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March when I'm starting all mine off.
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And you'll probably get better crops
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from them all and hopefully have some
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great produce this year down at the a
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lotment. That's what we're planning
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anyway to get some great crops down at
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the aotment. So, make sure you drop us a
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follow and stay up to date when we're
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going to be sewing all our seeds down at
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the plot as we'll be sharing it all.
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Lots of videos of us sewing us seeds.
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So, stay around for all that. So until
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next time everyone remember keep
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smiling, keep shining and keep gardening
