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January isn't over yet for UK gardeners,
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but you need to be very selective about
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what you sew now in January. So, what
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seeds can you still sew this month in
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January? the seeds that we can still sew
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this month, the ones that I've started
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off myself personally, and I'm up north
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in the UK. And I've started off some
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peppers, which are popping through, some
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chilies, they're also popping through,
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and or jeans. Those are the three main
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seeds what you should be starting this
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And basically they need a long growing
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season as one year I started my peppers
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off in March and they were only just
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ripening in September whereas last year
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I started them off in January and we
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were getting some great crops from them.
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So they need a long period to grow. Now
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the only thing is with them three seeds
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is that they need heat to germinate,
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heat and light. Without natural light,
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they will grow very weedy and yeah, they
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won't grow very well at all. So, they
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need plenty of natural light when
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growing. So, I've got m on my window
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sill and they're growing amazingly and
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they're looking really healthy at the
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moment. We'll be potting them on to the
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second pots pretty soon. So, make sure
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that they have heat. They need about 25°
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to heat now. It's very warm in my flat
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where I am. So, they're getting plenty
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of heat and they're getting plenty of
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light from the windowill. So, make sure
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you have plenty of that to be able to do
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do with. Obviously, there's a lot of
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artificial lighting, which is good in a
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sense, but it doesn't do as good as the
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natural light always does. And yeah,
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they can grow very straggly if you're
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not getting the natural light to them.
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And obviously keep turning them around
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as well so that they don't just point in
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one direction. So yeah, that is what you
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need to do if you're growing them. I've
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also started off some broad beans. You
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can start off them this month. Make sure
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you go for the winter variety of
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aquadullus if you're growing them as
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they are hardy for the winter and the
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frost and the snow won't kill them. And
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also you can start onion seeds off at
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this time of month. Not the sets but the
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seeds. And again, they'll need warmth
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and light to get them growing pretty
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good as well. You can also go out and
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get your potatoes ready for chitting.
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I've started all mine chitting. If
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you've not seen about chitting, check
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one of my other videos out, how to chit
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potatoes. We've got them. We'll be
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planting them on Good Friday. I always
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stick with the moon with growing my
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potatoes. It's an old gardener's tale,
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but I've always stuck to that myself. So
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yeah, you can start them this month as
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well. And obviously you can go out and
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buy all your other seeds ready for
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starting to sew in March time, which
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we'll talk about in another video. So
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make sure you follow us along for all
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these tips and advice on when to plant
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all your seeds and tips on how to grow
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them. So until next time everyone
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remember keep smiling, keep shining and
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keep gardening with Ben everyone.
