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This video explains which vegetables can be sown early and how to give them the best possible start. It shows suitable crops for early sowing and the conditions needed for successful germination.
The guide covers seed trays, compost choice, light levels, temperature and watering, along with tips to prevent weak or leggy seedlings. It also explains how protected growing spaces such as greenhouses, windowsills or indoor setups can help crops establish sooner.
If you want earlier harvests and stronger plants, this video provides practical beginner-friendly advice for sowing vegetables successfully.
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What vegetables to sew in January?
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Welcome to Gardening with Ben. And it is
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now January. Happy New Year everybody.
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And the new growing season has begun.
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Yes, we're excited to get started with
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sewing for this year's season down here
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at the a lotment. So, I'm going to go
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through what seeds you need to be sewing
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in January to get started ready for this
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year ahead. So get your notepad and pen
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and make a list of it or save this video
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for future so that you know what seeds
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to sew in January. Come everybody. So
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let's get started with what seeds you
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can be sewing this month to get a head
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start ready for growing in your a
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lotments and gardens in January. As you
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can see, it is cold. January is a cold
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season and some seeds will need heat and
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warmth to get germinated. So, we'll
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start off with the ones that need heat
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and growth to get started, to get
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germinated. So, these ones you need to
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sew indoors to get them started because
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they need about 24 25°
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to germinate, which is a high
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temperature. So, the ones that we'll be
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growing personally indoors to get
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started are chilies, which I'll be
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starting. I've not grown chilies for a
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few years now, so I'm excited to get
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growing them. pretty easy to grow and
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you get a great reward from them. Next
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up are sweet peppers. Now, last year I
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did start them in January and they grew
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fantastic. They were ripening in time,
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but the year before I didn't start them
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till March and they're only just
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ripening in September. So, that is why I
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start them off in January. I'll have
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them on my windowill keeping them
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growing and then around March, April
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time, I'll fetch them back down to my a
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lotment and put them in the poly tunnel
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to get growing for the season.
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Next up is or jeans. Again, another
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plant which needs a long time to get
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them growing to get great rewards from.
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So, if you're wanting chilies, peppers,
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or jeans, get them started, take them
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home, put them in a warm window and
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hopefully they will germinate pretty
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well and you'll get some great rewards
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this year. Next up are early tomatoes.
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However, I don't tend to start mine
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until March time as they do catch up and
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the risk of growing them on a windowill.
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Sometimes they'll get leggy and they'll
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not grow very well. So, it's up to you.
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I'd rather stay with my tomatoes in
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March time, get growing them then. And I
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always get great rewards from them. And
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I live up north, you're north, so it is
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a lot cooler up north. So, yeah, I'll
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not be starting mine till March time.
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Next up are ones that you can sew
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undercover in a greenhouse and still get
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great rewards from them. Uh but I don't
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tend to start a lot of my seeds off
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apart from these ones until a till March
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time. So I won't be sewing any of these
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personally myself. The next up are
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lettuce, a winter or hardy variety as
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obviously it's cold. They need to be
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able to survive this cold weather. Next
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up is spinach. Another great one. Again,
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I won't be starting mine until March,
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April time.
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Early peas,
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obviously, they need to be a hardy
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variety so that they can survive this
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cold weather, but you can start a set of
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early peas off. Now, next up is spring
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onion. Obviously, they get the name from
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springtime. So, you could be harvesting
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them in springtime, but they do need to
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be sewn indoors in a poly tunnel and
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grown in a poly tunnel at this time of
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year. Next up is rocket. a great one for
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salads.
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And then finally, mustard leaves, which
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I won't be starting until later on. I
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have now got my poly tunnel, and I'm
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going to be growing a lot of stuff
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through the winter in my poly tunnel.
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So, next year I will be growing stuff
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through the winter period in my poly
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tunnel, so stay tuned for that. Ones
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that you can actually sew outside. Yes,
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it might be cold, but if you live in a
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mild area of the UK, you can get sew in
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these ones. broad beans. If the ground's
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not frozen, if it's not hard, get
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growing some broad beans. And again,
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they need to be a winter variety like
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aquadullus, which I've got growing
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outside. I planted mine around October
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time and they're doing absolutely
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fantastic outside and the frost hasn't
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killed them. So, they are hardy peas. Uh
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beans, should I say, not peas. Next up
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are hardy peas. Uh again, you need a
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very hardy variety. I don't know the
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variety off hand, but have a look for
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hardy variety of peas, ones that you can
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sew in January time and can be sewn
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outside.
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Next up is to start chitting your
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potatoes. Some people don't chit them.
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They just plant them straight into the
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ground, but I've always chitted mine.
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Chitting means where you put them in egg
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boxes or in a seed tray and you get them
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sprouting and when it gets to Mar end of
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March, April time then I plant them out
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stores. It gives them that little head
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start, gets them going and gets them
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ready for growing in the soil. So I
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always chip mine. So I need to get my
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seed potatoes ordered so that I can
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start chitting them. And that's one
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thing I need to add to my list
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personally to get growing because I
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always love growing potatoes. There's
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nothing better than homegrown potatoes.
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Absolutely tastes fantastic. So, I hope
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you found that useful. Like I said,
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remember to save the video, share it to
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anybody that you know that grows a lot
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uh a lotment veg or garden veg. And if
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you're new to gardening, get started
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with all these things. But again, I
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won't be starting most of these. I'll
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just be growing my chilies, my sweet
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peppers, my orag jeans, and onion seeds
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as well. That's not on the list, but I
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will be starting my onion seeds off as
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well. So, those are the ones that I will
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be growing now. So, I hope you found
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this useful. Until next time, everyone.
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Remember, keep smiling, keep shining,
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and keep gardening with Ben everybody.
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