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If your January seedlings in the UK are
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looking slow, this is completely normal.
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Welcome to Gardening with Ben. January
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is a slow month. And it's a slow month
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in being a long time since payday, since
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Christmas, but it's also a slow month of
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growing. Now, the reason why it's a slow
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month is because there's not much light
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and heat around. Now the seeds that I've
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sewn which are chilies, peppers and
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orene they have been slow to germinate.
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Yes, it's 25° in my flat and that is the
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temperature for them germinating but
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they take so long to germinate and to
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get growing. And I don't use any heat
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artificial lighting because that can
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always have a detrimental effect on them
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as they can dry out and they don't get
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enough air and it can make them struggle
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as well. Unless you know how they all
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work, it's probably best off using
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natural light and heat when growing. And
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as well, if they've not got
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adequate lighting, they will grow leggy
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and not grow well at all. So, it's great
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to have the heat and the natural light
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to get great strong plants. That is the
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reason why I start all mine off in March
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because they need that heat and that
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light to get growing. And cold nights
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can affect the root activity. So again,
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if they're near a window, the cold air
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will come through at the nighttime when
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it dips really low outside and it can
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affect the roots of the plant and that
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can slow the growth activity down
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immensely and affect the plants in the
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long run. And obviously at this time of
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year, the days are short, so there's not
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much light activity like the we're not
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getting the sunrise until about 8:00.
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sunset is about 4:00, half 4 at night.
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So waiting until March, we're getting
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them longer days. Every day sun rises a
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bit earlier and sets a bit later. So
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waiting that extra couple of months is a
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massive help to growing all your
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seedlings. So waiting until then is
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perfect, but ideally you need to be
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sorting your peppers and chilies and or
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jeans off now. So yeah, make sure that
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they are getting enough heat and light.
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Now you can start them off in March, but
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they might not ripen as fast because
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plant in growing. So the earlier you
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start them, the better they will be. But
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they're the only three that I start off
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early. No other seeds I start off early,
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especially like tomatoes or cucumbers.
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Wait until March time to start all them
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and let me know in the comments what
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seeds you are sewing. Now, I will be
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starting my sweet peas off next week,
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getting them started because they like
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the long growth activity as well, but
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they're the only ones that I'll be
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sewing this month in January. So, make
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sure you drop us a follow to see when
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we're sewing all our seeds down at the
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aotment. Until next time everyone,
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remember keep smiling, keep shining and
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keep gardening with Ben everyone.
