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If your January sewing hasn't worked
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before, it's not usually the seeds. It's
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this in the UK. So, why do seeds fail in
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January? After Christmas and into the
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new year, everyone gets excited about
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starting to grow again. And if you're a
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new time gardener, sometimes you'll
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follow the packets and think, "Oh, I can
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start these off now. I can start these
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off now." But sometimes it is best to
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wait. Now, I don't sew all my seeds
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until March. April time when there's a
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lot of natural light and sometimes we
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get a little heat wave around Easter
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time and yeah, it can be up to 20
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degrees. So, I start all my seedlings
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off in my unheated greenhouse and I've
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been doing that for the last 20 years
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and they've grown absolutely amazing.
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So, don't always check your seed packets
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for if it says like January on it. Wait
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until it's a bit warmer. And yes,
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they'll soon catch up again. And once it
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starts getting warmer, then they'll
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start growing pretty well. The only
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seeds that we've started off at home are
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our oragene peppers and chilies and
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onions, and they're all growing really
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well. They need the heat and natural
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light to grow really well. I've not got
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no heat mat. I've not got no artificial
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lighting. I've just got the natural
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light on my window and the heat from my
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flat. And yeah, they're growing really
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well. But we'll bring those back down to
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the a lotment around the end of March,
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April time and put them in as greenhouse
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to grow on before potting out into our
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So make sure you don't start your seeds
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too early. And the reason why they need
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obviously the natural light is because
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they can grow leggy. Sometimes people
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have them in trays and everything all
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over in the house and yeah, they can
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grow leggy. If they don't have the
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natural light, they'll grow really thin
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and spindly and they won't grow very
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well at all. So, it's best to hold your
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horses until middle of March, especially
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if you're up north where I am. I see so
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many people starting the tomato seeds
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off now. Now, I don't start my tomato
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seeds off till March, and that has
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always been perfect. Like I say, they
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always catch up and they're fruiting all
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the way up to October. So, don't start
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tomato seeds off until March time as
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again they'll grow really leggy and they
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won't grow very well and you can end up
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wasting money by sewing all your seeds
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now. They're growing all leggy and then
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you'll have to start again. So, don't
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buy expensive seeds and waste the money
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in starting them too early. be patient,
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wait, keep watching videos for tips and
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advice, and start them all off in March
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when I do. And like I said, they'll all
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catch up and they'll do really well. So,
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that is why seeds often fail in January
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because people are too eager to get
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started and they won't grow very well at
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all. So, make sure you do drop us a
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follow to stay up to date with all our
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tips and when we're going to be planting
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all our seeds on our videos. Until next
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time everyone, remember, keep smiling,
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keep shining, and keep gardening with
