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This is one January sewing mistake which
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ruins more gardens than anything else.
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Welcome to Gardening with Ben. And today
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we're going to be sharing about mistakes
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what people make in the a lotment and
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garden in January in the UK. So one of
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the biggest mistakes is obviously sewing
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too early. And yeah, you've just got to
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be patient and wait for the warmer
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weather come March time and get sewing
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all those seeds. Now, come March, my
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greenhouse will be absolutely full to
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busting with seed trays. That is one of
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the reasons why I do all my maintenance
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and work down at the plot throughout all
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the winter. It's good to keep going to
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the a lotment throughout the winter
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period and get all the work done, get it
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all dug over, get the beds prepared, and
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get it all ready because come March
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time, it's a busy busy time down at the
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plot. You'll be sowing all your seeds.
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You'll be having to keep them watered on
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a regular basis once they start
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germinating, which is a job in itself. I
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absolutely hate watering. It's one of
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the worst jobs that I hate doing down at
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the a lotment. And then once they've
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obviously all grown to a decent size,
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you'll be potting them all on. So, it's
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a busy busy time down at the aotment.
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So, I see loads of people online
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starting the tomatoes off now. And yeah,
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it's pretty much too early to be
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starting the tomatoes off. you can grow
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leggy and you can end up wasting money
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sewing seeds now and you'll end up
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having to buy more tomato seeds later.
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So start them off March time and they do
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catch up and they'll keep fruiting all
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the way up to the October if it is nice
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and warm and we're getting plenty of
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light. So yeah, wait until March to sew
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the tomatoes and that is one of the
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biggest tips that I can give. And
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another reason for failure is that
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there's no plan for potting on.
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Obviously, you can be starting all your
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seeds off in your house in in January.
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And if you do that, what are you going
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to do once they're all ready to put on?
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If your greenhouse is cold, you won't be
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able to put them in there to keep them
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potted on. So, that is another reason
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why you should start to wait till March
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so that you've got plenty of warmth and
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heat and light to pot them on come March
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A lot of people assume that heat
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replaces light, whereas it doesn't.
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Obviously, certain seeds like your
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chilies, your peppers, and your oragans
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need heat and light. If they haven't got
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the light, they'll grow legging
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all your seeds and starting again. So,
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don't presume that heat will replace
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light because they need both to get a
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great germination and to grow well and
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strong. And obviously you don't want
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them all over your kitchen table because
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they won't get the light. They need to
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And yeah, a lot of people fail because
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they get excited. I get excited. Come
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January, it's time to get started and
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get growing again. But you just have to
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wait. Just wait until it gets warmer.
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Have some restraint on yourself and
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start the growing period in March and
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not January. And you will get some great
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crops. Trust me, I've been doing it for
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20 years and I used to start early when
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I first started and I learned from my
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mistakes. It's worth off waiting till
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March, April time to get things started
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and germinated. So, make sure you drop
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us a follow to stay up to date with all
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our tips and videos and when we start
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sewing all our seeds down here at the a
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lotment. Until next time everyone,
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remember keep smiling, keep shining and
