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itching to sew your seeds in January in
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the UK. Here's what you should focus on
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instead of sewing those seeds. Now, as
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I've said in previous videos, like a lot
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of seed packets do say about sewing
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seeds in January, but I hold off and sew
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in March. The only ones that I've sewn
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are the chilies peppers and the oragans,
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but hold off from sewing any other
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seeds. I wait till March till it's a bit
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warmer and I grow them in my own heated
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greenhouse. We don't have no heat in
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there and they grow perfectly well. So,
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I always wait till March. So, at this
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time of year, what should you be doing
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down at the plot and in the garden? And
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what should you be getting done down
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here? Well, the things that I usually do
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down at the plot during these winter
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months is I organize. I get all my seed
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packets out. And I've got loads of seed
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packets. Absolutely loads. Uh I collect
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them from everywhere. And yeah, it's
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hard to keep track of how many seeds
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I've got. I've got too many seeds and I
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should be giving them away with how many
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I've got. But sort them out, see what
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seeds are available and make a list of
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ones that you need to purchase for this
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year. Go to a garden center, have a look
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around, have a look what seeds they've
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got and what varieties. And I always
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look online or in seed magazines to see
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what varieties are out there. It's great
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to try different and new stuff and
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sometimes that'll grow better than the
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proper varieties that you see in the
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supermarket. Sometimes the weird and
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wonderful ones grow a hell of a lot
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better. And yeah, it's great fun as well
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to get involved in growing different veg
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and sometimes you can get different
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colored varieties which will add some
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nice color to the a lotment and garden.
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I've grown purple cauliflower in the
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past. I'm thinking of growing yellow
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cauliflower this year to see what it
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looks like. But yeah, there's some great
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stuff what you can try growing down at
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the plot, which will be exciting and
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hopefully some new things down at the
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plot. So, organize all your seeds and
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plan them into what months you're going
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to be sewing them and how you're going
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to be growing them as well and where
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you're going to be growing them. Plan
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where you're going to be growing
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everything this year down at the plot.
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So, yeah, there's plenty of stuff to be
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done with organizing all your seeds.
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Plan your crop rotations as well. Don't
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grow stuff where you've grown it the
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year before because that plant will have
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taken the nutrients it needed for that
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vegetable and it will have used it up.
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So grow something different in that
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area. And also look at adding some food
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and nutrition into the ground to help
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put some nutrients back in there so that
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hopefully you get some great crops this
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And then as well, sort out your growing
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spaces. Sort out your poly tunnel and
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your greenhouse. Make sure it's all
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tidy, ready for your sewing season in
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March because that will be a busy time
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for sewing all them seeds. So, give it a
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good tidy up and clear your potting up
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bench and get it ready for this year's
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growing. Set some realistic goals. Think
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about what you're going to grow, where
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you're going to grow it, how well you
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want it to grow, and set some goals for
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yourself. see if if you can grow a
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bigger pumpkin than last year or whether
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you're going to try something new and
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see how well it grows or try something
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what's failed in the past and see if if
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you can't try it and grow it again
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because stuff does fail. It might have
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grown fantastic the year before and then
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year after it grows absolutely rubbish.
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So give it a try and see how well you
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get on. So 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 this year. Until next time
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everyone, remember keep smiling, keep
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shining and keep gardening with Ben
