Doing same thing here in Ireland. I have some Larkspur amazingly. Only 2 Bells of Ireland. Calendula germinating direct sown in beds. Will you plant our into beds to overwintering? I guess you are colder than sunny south east of Ireland
Bells of Ireland are a tricky seed to germinate. That’s great you have some larkspur. None for me yet. I do keep everything in the greenhouse to overwinter as have lost too many plants with harsh winters.
Hi Catherine. I love growing sweet pea but I don't usually start this early. I'm excited to sow along with you. I also want to try chrysanths from seed as I always buy potting plants which means the cost can mount up. Thanks for the video x
Hi Kim, thanks for watching this one. I usually start some sweet peas around October time and then do more in January. This year I sowed some in April to try and get some flowering now but the weather and morning dew has meant that the flower quality is not as good at this time of year. So I am going to stick to just October and January sowing for earlier flowers.
hi can I just ask you , do you have a video of potting on after your seeds have germinated and do you pot them on before the onset of the winter months ?
Yes I pot them on again in autumn and then they are ready to overwinter. I haven’t done a video on this yet but will do in a few weeks when the new seedlings are at that stage.
Thank you for a very informative video Catherine. I'm doing my seed sowing for my summer garden here in NZ. Because of our temperate climate I'm able to direct sow many seeds with good results - but I did sow my snapdragons into small plug trays and had them on a windowsill. Now I'm in a tizz as I sowed them rather heavily (tiny seeds; poor eyesight lol) and so many have germinated in each cell I have no idea how I'll separate them to pot on. I also tried the 'winter sowing' method in milk jugs this year with very good results and those seedlings will soon be ready to plant out as there is no need to harden them off.
How do you find the seedlings get on in the flower patch if you have direct sown them with slugs and snails? As well as getting them through the winter weather in the greenhouse the other reason I do it is so they are more robust plants to survive slug damage when they get planted out! Snapdragon seeds are sooo tiny. Separating them out can be pretty tricky!
@@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm Hi Catherine - I don't find the slugs and snails too much of a problem - though they're there, rather I do have some losses due to the birds. I am growing organically so don't use sprays or pellets, but pretty much everything I direct sowed in our autumn came up and many are now flowering or about to. But I am new to 'cut flower' gardening (I am hoping to sell market bouquets this summer) so I find your videos incredibly helpful and educational - so thanks for all your time and effort. I certainly appreciate it. Take care.
Another great video thank you, i plan on doing the exact same thing you have down - over wintering in my unheated greenhouse. I would love to know at what time in the spring to you finally plant outside? Thank you!
Thanks for watching this one Patience. Usually I plant out my overwintered hardy annuals in March. Sometimes we get some late winter weather and freezing temperatures and then I will cover them with fleece until we get past that.
@@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm Thats great thank you so much! This information has been so useful! I hope its not too hot up in Scotland, in Norfolk its soooo hot still, plants are strugglings 🥵 except my outdoor tomatoes are loving life!
It has been really hot this week. 26 degrees which is very unusual for Peebles. The plants are definitely suffering for it this year which is a shame. Although it has been a dry summer here I don’t think it has been anything like as hot and dry as you have had it. I hope your plants make it through the summer ok x
Thanks for watching! Winter is around the corner. I can really see the difference in light levels in the evenings the last 2 weeks. I will have to get on to getting some of the gloves as you suggest as the weather gets worse they would work really well.
I like Westland multipurpose compost with John Innes for potting on seedlings and I really liked klasmann organic seed compost this year which I got from Quickcrop.
I’ve just bought a greenhouse, could you please advise how best to add staging. How many shelves of those little seedlings would work best, ie how many tiers? Thank you for an excellent video. Deirdre
Hello Deirdre, thanks so much for watching. I think a lot depends on the size of the greenhouse you have and maximising the space for what you want it for. I had the option to add staging down both sides and have 2 tiers of staging one above the other. In the end I went for just one tier of staging down one side as I wanted flexibility to grow taller things on the staging without being hampered by staging above. I kept one whole side free in the greenhouse so I could grow in containers or sweet peas and other things that would need the height and room that staging would have prevented. The one row of staging though is not enough for my seedlings so you may want more. I get round it by having tables to put the seedlings on that I can move around. For me I have never regretted not putting in the extra staging as I like the space and flexibility. Good luck growing in your new greenhouse.
Hello!! I also started a few seeds in my unheated greenhouse. I sowed cornflowers, red corn poppies and foxgloves. Mine are small babies for now. After you move yours to a larger pot, what do you do with the pots come winter? Very helpful video!
Thanks so much for watching! They are all great seeds to have got started now. When I have transplanted them into larger pots I keep them in the greenhouse over the winter. I water them just enough to keep them healthy but try not to overwater as thats when I could lose them. If the weather dips well below freezing I put a loose cover of fleece over the top for the period of cold weather x
@@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm Is your greenhouse attached to your house, like a sunroom? My greenhouse is unattached and unheated. Come Winter, we store our deck furniture in it and lock it as our Winter storms are pretty severe - think polar vortex and heavy snowfalls.
We have a sunroom like you attached to the side of the house and until this year that is where I was trying to do all my seed sowing, potting on etc. I now have an unheated detached greenhouse which has been brilliant and given me the extra room I needed so I don’t have trays of seedlings all over the house anymore!! The sunroom still has my heated propagator bench in it so I use that a lot in the winter to get the seeds germinated and then move them out to the greenhouse. You sound like you get a proper winter each year! When does it start to get warmer so you can garden in the spring? X
Should have waited for end of video. Overwintering question answered. Thanks
Glad you found the answer at the end of the video.
Doing same thing here in Ireland. I have some Larkspur amazingly. Only 2 Bells of Ireland. Calendula germinating direct sown in beds. Will you plant our into beds to overwintering? I guess you are colder than sunny south east of Ireland
Bells of Ireland are a tricky seed to germinate. That’s great you have some larkspur. None for me yet. I do keep everything in the greenhouse to overwinter as have lost too many plants with harsh winters.
Hi Catherine. I love growing sweet pea but I don't usually start this early. I'm excited to sow along with you. I also want to try chrysanths from seed as I always buy potting plants which means the cost can mount up. Thanks for the video x
Hi Kim, thanks for watching this one. I usually start some sweet peas around October time and then do more in January. This year I sowed some in April to try and get some flowering now but the weather and morning dew has meant that the flower quality is not as good at this time of year. So I am going to stick to just October and January sowing for earlier flowers.
hi can I just ask you , do you have a video of potting on after your seeds have germinated and do you pot them on before the onset of the winter months ?
Yes I pot them on again in autumn and then they are ready to overwinter. I haven’t done a video on this yet but will do in a few weeks when the new seedlings are at that stage.
Thank you for a very informative video Catherine. I'm doing my seed sowing for my summer garden here in NZ. Because of our temperate climate I'm able to direct sow many seeds with good results - but I did sow my snapdragons into small plug trays and had them on a windowsill. Now I'm in a tizz as I sowed them rather heavily (tiny seeds; poor eyesight lol) and so many have germinated in each cell I have no idea how I'll separate them to pot on. I also tried the 'winter sowing' method in milk jugs this year with very good results and those seedlings will soon be ready to plant out as there is no need to harden them off.
How do you find the seedlings get on in the flower patch if you have direct sown them with slugs and snails? As well as getting them through the winter weather in the greenhouse the other reason I do it is so they are more robust plants to survive slug damage when they get planted out! Snapdragon seeds are sooo tiny. Separating them out can be pretty tricky!
@@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm Hi Catherine - I don't find the slugs and snails too much of a problem - though they're there, rather I do have some losses due to the birds. I am growing organically so don't use sprays or pellets, but pretty much everything I direct sowed in our autumn came up and many are now flowering or about to. But I am new to 'cut flower' gardening (I am hoping to sell market bouquets this summer) so I find your videos incredibly helpful and educational - so thanks for all your time and effort. I certainly appreciate it. Take care.
Another great video thank you, i plan on doing the exact same thing you have down - over wintering in my unheated greenhouse. I would love to know at what time in the spring to you finally plant outside? Thank you!
Thanks for watching this one Patience. Usually I plant out my overwintered hardy annuals in March. Sometimes we get some late winter weather and freezing temperatures and then I will cover them with fleece until we get past that.
@@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm Thats great thank you so much! This information has been so useful! I hope its not too hot up in Scotland, in Norfolk its soooo hot still, plants are strugglings 🥵 except my outdoor tomatoes are loving life!
It has been really hot this week. 26 degrees which is very unusual for Peebles. The plants are definitely suffering for it this year which is a shame. Although it has been a dry summer here I don’t think it has been anything like as hot and dry as you have had it. I hope your plants make it through the summer ok x
Looks good! we're going to be planting bulbs soon at my house as well. Did you ever order the box of latex gloves? winter is around the corner!
Thanks for watching! Winter is around the corner. I can really see the difference in light levels in the evenings the last 2 weeks. I will have to get on to getting some of the gloves as you suggest as the weather gets worse they would work really well.
Also wondering what compost you are using?
I like Westland multipurpose compost with John Innes for potting on seedlings and I really liked klasmann organic seed compost this year which I got from Quickcrop.
I’ve just bought a greenhouse, could you please advise how best to add staging. How many shelves of those little seedlings would work best, ie how many tiers? Thank you for an excellent video. Deirdre
Hello Deirdre, thanks so much for watching. I think a lot depends on the size of the greenhouse you have and maximising the space for what you want it for. I had the option to add staging down both sides and have 2 tiers of staging one above the other. In the end I went for just one tier of staging down one side as I wanted flexibility to grow taller things on the staging without being hampered by staging above. I kept one whole side free in the greenhouse so I could grow in containers or sweet peas and other things that would need the height and room that staging would have prevented. The one row of staging though is not enough for my seedlings so you may want more. I get round it by having tables to put the seedlings on that I can move around. For me I have never regretted not putting in the extra staging as I like the space and flexibility. Good luck growing in your new greenhouse.
Hello!! I also started a few seeds in my unheated greenhouse. I sowed cornflowers, red corn poppies and foxgloves. Mine are small babies for now. After you move yours to a larger pot, what do you do with the pots come winter? Very helpful video!
Thanks so much for watching! They are all great seeds to have got started now. When I have transplanted them into larger pots I keep them in the greenhouse over the winter. I water them just enough to keep them healthy but try not to overwater as thats when I could lose them. If the weather dips well below freezing I put a loose cover of fleece over the top for the period of cold weather x
@@cloudberryflowers-flowerfarm Is your greenhouse attached to your house, like a sunroom? My greenhouse is unattached and unheated. Come Winter, we store our deck furniture in it and lock it as our Winter storms are pretty severe - think polar vortex and heavy snowfalls.
We have a sunroom like you attached to the side of the house and until this year that is where I was trying to do all my seed sowing, potting on etc. I now have an unheated detached greenhouse which has been brilliant and given me the extra room I needed so I don’t have trays of seedlings all over the house anymore!! The sunroom still has my heated propagator bench in it so I use that a lot in the winter to get the seeds germinated and then move them out to the greenhouse. You sound like you get a proper winter each year! When does it start to get warmer so you can garden in the spring? X