Spot on, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. I have everything I need to start a few plants early, but not all seeds benefit from early starts. Yep, your spot on !
Winter is our waiting room before the fun begins so it’s great sitting in on masterclasses like this making us better gardeners. Great advice as always Steve 👍🏻
Great advise about seed sowing. Dont get me wrong Toby is very good presenter and a gent, but for some reason TH-cam videos are proving to be more useful for me than BBC's Gardener' s world. I have skipped 75%of Gardner's world recordings last year and planning not even to bother with them in the future.
This information is too precious for me and everyone who would like to start from the seeds. All this valuable content in this video is absolutely fact for me as I experienced same from my past growing from seeds in UK.
Snow and minus 5c here no growing system in the house so almost everything waits til end of jan to even think of sowing. Thank you for sharing hope your both doing well, stay safe and keep warm 👍🇨🇦
Excellent video Steve and great advice regarding seed sowing for the best results 👍 Because most of the seeds are from suppliers in England, I think in Scotland it's best to wait at least 2 weeks to a month before you start seed sowing because we're at least up to a month behind yourself Steve. I do subscribe to Mark's allotment which is an allotment TH-camr based in Scotland I would recommend 👌 to anyone based in Scotland. Keep safe, warm and well.
Yes, we've all down too early and ended up with seeds rotting or seedlings rotted off or spindly beggars that never do well. The seed packets assume you are planting stuff direct outside. You can cheat by starting indoors, but only if you have the equipment. If you want to extend your season I'd recommend Charles Dowding's channel and Steve at Seaside Allotment channel, but you need time and determination to follow them!
Great advice there Steve thank you. I always write down what i have planted where and when, and also what it is and the variety that i have planted, it works for me anyway. Stay Safe, Barry (Wirral)
Thanks again Steve for another great video on seed sowing, this is my second year of growing so found the information given will be really helpful in the start of this year, and hopefully help me prevent some early failures of last year thanks again 👍
I always love your videos, Steve. I've started onion seeds, my beans, and I'll start off my cape gooseberries and peanuts later this month to get a jump start - but ..I am doing this indoors under a grow light. I still have plenty of seed, so if there are problems, I have backups. 🙂
A good selection to get started, I take it the beans are Broad beans? I have never attempted to grow peanuts or even ever seen them growing anywhere....Steve...😃
@@GreenSideUp Yes, all the beans started now are broad beans. I didn't grow them last year, so I'm looking forward to them. I didn't think peanuts grew in the UK, but apparently, they do. The really cool thing about them is their flowers have spikes and grow downward into the soil, becoming the peanut. I always thought the peanuts grew on the roots, but it's the flowers! How cool is that??
That's weird, I was planning on saving precious F1 seeds by taking side shoots off the ones I actually grow from seed to make double the amount of plants.
Great video with some invaluable information and tips as ever Steve. I had mixed results with my Peppers and Chilies last year - loosing an early sowing and when trying again, they really struggled in the little polyframe in the back yard and then got attacked by slugs! The tomatoes were much better and we got a decent crop under cover - although, as with anything with growing, watering was inconsistent and we had a holiday with affected the crop. Thanks for the inspirational content - hopefully this years attempts will be better.
Well done, hope you have helped stop a lot of people getting discouraged. I had to learn the hard way and figure out light and temperature needed to balance to grow things early. Experimented with courgettes last year, sowed in February to see how soon it died, as an experiment. A combination of heat to sow, cool to grow, artificial heat to keep the night time temperature up to a minimum level, a south facing conservatory and grow lights meant I had courgettes early May. It has taken several years of things going wrong, or right to work out how to grow out of season. Love to experiment or try a new type of plant
Love your honesty Steve x. Spot on. I've no grow lights etc so waiting a while before sowing seeds. Just starting to chit my early potatoes though as it was successful last year. In Autumn last year l have sown peas, broad beans and field beans, and garlic and onions outdoors and they are doing really well x
very good info vid about seeds well presented i always make notes as you advised i look forward to every vid you make im learning something new each time ive been a gardner over 40 yrs still learning many thanks for all you do on line
Well said Steve, down at the allotment people sow far to early and when they take or if they take they will find their season is over far to soon as they don't know how to prolong a season by sowing at the right time then repeating the process for the right crop.
Hi Tee Cee, yes we see it every year dont we, I love testing and will have a go but I mostly know my boundaries, I have to push those though...Steve...😃
Great video, Steve! I live in the warmest region in my country (Germany), so I know I can sow most seeds earlier than what German seed packets say - and have to wait longer in the late summer, because temperatures stay higher for much longer. When I get Austrian seed packets (many of the organic seeds I get in Germany are from Austria), I can even go 4-6 weeks early. For my colleagues, who have been asking for my advice, I tell them to stick to best practice (and I will be sowing some extra seeds to help them out with seedlings in case things go wrong)
Hi Steve this is a very good and informative We have had to go back in time for our sowing, Used to be able to have heat bench and propagators but for last four years we not been able to do that anymore, So it's been hard but we still get a good result as normally on South Coast we have better warmer weather than some parts of UK. Stay safe Bill and val
Great video Steve, with valuable information and guide on how sowing seeds at the best times and with useful tips can be beneficial for healthy seedlings and plants. In reference to Dalesman’s comment, I’m also interested in useful tips on the safest and environmentally friendly ways to clean the greenhouse. Be safe, well and warm.
Cheers Pal, I see you are getting close to the Magic 1000 now also, well done Sam! Anyone here doing or thinking of doing a van conversion "TheCraftyBlinders" is an excellent place to start...and just round the corner from me also...Steve...😃
Hi Steve-Great advice as usual. I am in the opposite part of the UK - Kent, and a lot of the time I try to get ahead too quickly and end up with failures and poor quality plants. I have noticed down here though, that the end of winter and start of spring appears to be moving further into the year down here, and winter proper is starting later. Very difficult sometimes to decide when to sow, especially a I am with limited space.... keep it up though please!
Hi Mike and thanks, yes the seasons have been all over the place in this last decade and can be very difficult to predict, but such is the game we play as gardeners...Steve...😃
Thanks for very watchable, useful info. How about advising us on how to clean a polytunnel? Some products are algae killers, but what about general dirt, and some are apply and walk away - is it really that easy? Same method for greenhouses, or not? Then there’s slippery paths. Hopefully a useful topic whilst there’s not a lot of gardening going on. Just a thought. Cheers.
Hello again Steve. As per usual, cracking vid with cracking advice. I do cheat the system myself by heating and insulating a small greenhouse from about the end of Feb until it's not needed anymore. I only heat to keep it above about 8 degrees on cold nights. However, I would be VERY interested to know more about your tomato side shoot growing. Can you do a video about that? Or if already done, send me a link please? Take care pal. Looking forward to the next video Phil 👍👨🌾
Hi Phil and thank you! I have one here from June 2020, where I show the plants I grew and about to plant them.th-cam.com/video/ExC8Y5L3rpA/w-d-xo.html There where many references to them through the summer last year but it is a little difficult to locate them. I will be covering them again this year, hopefully making whole videos on the subject to make them easier to find moving forward...Steve...😃
I think u have to try for yourself like u say keeps every think written down and what to see the results. I've followed alot of you tubers but realised that u can't always do the same as them as they may have lights, heated propagators.
I would hope that most gardeners how sow seeds will have a propagator, it is an essential piece of kit, lights not so much and it is very much a recent thing and at the moment, not for me. I have one but choose not to use it because of the reasons you mention. I want people to be able to do what I am showing them in my videos...Steve...😃
@@GreenSideUp to be fair I never had one. Only got 1 last year after watching yourself and a few other I decided that I needed one. The lights I'm not fussed about at the moment
You may have answered before so apologies if this is a repeat question. Do you rate Premier Seeds Direct? About to do my seed purchasing for the coming months and their prices seem lower than the rest and there might be a reason as to why! Thank you
Premier Seeds are very good. Lots of seeds for your money. Downside is that they come in a foil packet with only the name of the seeds on it. So you have to find the growing info elsewhere.
I rate premier seeds very highly indeed and have used them for well over a decade now, their seeds are cheap because they buy well. Yes their seed packets are just little foil packs, without the extra paper packet around them with the instructions on, but all the instructions are on their website, saving you the cost of paying for that and therefore keeping the overall cost down. Highly recommended !
You are welcome Nuka! At the start I used gear for filming that was not upto the job, now I use a go pro and a Rode mic, the details are at the bottom of every video description so if you click the "SHOW MORE" button it is all there...Steve...😃
Growing veg for nearly 70 years, master gardener in two US states, this is the best advice for seed sowing I've ever come across. Bravo!
Thank you Paula, that is very kind of you to say that. I have pinned this comment...Steve...😃
Spot on, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. I have everything I need to start a few plants early, but not all seeds benefit from early starts. Yep, your spot on !
It's quite the balancing act! ...Steve...😃
Winter is our waiting room before the fun begins so it’s great sitting in on masterclasses like this making us better gardeners. Great advice as always Steve 👍🏻
Thank you Jo, that is very kind of you to say that...Steve...😃
Thank you so much for your information,now I can rest myself for next 2 months.
Gardeners dont rest, always something to do...Steve...😃
Your videos are always from the heart trying to help others, that's what makes them so good. Thank you for all the time and effort you put into these
Great advise about seed sowing. Dont get me wrong Toby is very good presenter and a gent, but for some reason TH-cam videos are proving to be more useful for me than BBC's Gardener' s world. I have skipped 75%of Gardner's world recordings last year and planning not even to bother with them in the future.
This information is too precious for me and everyone who would like to start from the seeds. All this valuable content in this video is absolutely fact for me as I experienced same from my past growing from seeds in UK.
😍 100% - experiment 😀and test - the cycle of experience and feedback is the very best way to learn
Another lovely video
Thank you Eli, it was difficult to film this one without going overboard on the info, but keeping it interesting enough to be watchable...Steve...😃
Snow and minus 5c here no growing system in the house so almost everything waits til end of jan to even think of sowing. Thank you for sharing hope your both doing well, stay safe and keep warm 👍🇨🇦
Hi Ali, it sounds very cold there, we had minus 1 last night and I belive another cold snap is on it's way for us...Steve...😃
Excellent video Steve and great advice regarding seed sowing for the best results 👍 Because most of the seeds are from suppliers in England, I think in Scotland it's best to wait at least 2 weeks to a month before you start seed sowing because we're at least up to a month behind yourself Steve. I do subscribe to Mark's allotment which is an allotment TH-camr based in Scotland I would recommend 👌 to anyone based in Scotland. Keep safe, warm and well.
Thanks David, you may remember I gave Mark a "boost" on video here some time ago...Steve...😃
Masterclass
You are too kind James, but thank you...Steve...😃
Yes, we've all down too early and ended up with seeds rotting or seedlings rotted off or spindly beggars that never do well. The seed packets assume you are planting stuff direct outside. You can cheat by starting indoors, but only if you have the equipment. If you want to extend your season I'd recommend Charles Dowding's channel and Steve at Seaside Allotment channel, but you need time and determination to follow them!
Great advice there Steve thank you. I always write down what i have planted where and when, and also what it is and the variety that i have planted, it works for me anyway.
Stay Safe,
Barry (Wirral)
Thanks again Steve for another great video on seed sowing, this is my second year of growing so found the information given will be really helpful in the start of this year, and hopefully help me prevent some early failures of last year thanks again 👍
I always love your videos, Steve. I've started onion seeds, my beans, and I'll start off my cape gooseberries and peanuts later this month to get a jump start - but ..I am doing this indoors under a grow light. I still have plenty of seed, so if there are problems, I have backups. 🙂
A good selection to get started, I take it the beans are Broad beans? I have never attempted to grow peanuts or even ever seen them growing anywhere....Steve...😃
@@GreenSideUp Yes, all the beans started now are broad beans. I didn't grow them last year, so I'm looking forward to them. I didn't think peanuts grew in the UK, but apparently, they do. The really cool thing about them is their flowers have spikes and grow downward into the soil, becoming the peanut. I always thought the peanuts grew on the roots, but it's the flowers! How cool is that??
Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom and experience with us. This is GOLD! 💚
Another excellent video Steve. A reminder that we have to work with nature even in our experiments.
Indeed Andy, we can cheat her system a little bit, if we are careful...Steve...😃
@ 12:14 "We used to sow Tomatoes in May, until this Internet started ..." Classic!
Thanks. Very clever. I will try sideshoots.. .
Thanks Tomasz, you will be pleased you did...Steve...😃
That's weird, I was planning on saving precious F1 seeds by taking side shoots off the ones I actually grow from seed to make double the amount of plants.
It is an underated and underused strategy Kath and I heartily recommend it especially if you are growing Tomatoes that fruit early...Steve...😃
Thank you So Much, I enjoy Listening To You,
Very very helpful video Steve looking forward to the next one already 🤗
Great video with some invaluable information and tips as ever Steve.
I had mixed results with my Peppers and Chilies last year - loosing an early sowing and when trying again, they really struggled in the little polyframe in the back yard and then got attacked by slugs!
The tomatoes were much better and we got a decent crop under cover - although, as with anything with growing, watering was inconsistent and we had a holiday with affected the crop.
Thanks for the inspirational content - hopefully this years attempts will be better.
That is the way forward, to learn from any mishaps along the way with the aim of improving the next time...Steve...😃
Well done, hope you have helped stop a lot of people getting discouraged. I had to learn the hard way and figure out light and temperature needed to balance to grow things early. Experimented with courgettes last year, sowed in February to see how soon it died, as an experiment. A combination of heat to sow, cool to grow, artificial heat to keep the night time temperature up to a minimum level, a south facing conservatory and grow lights meant I had courgettes early May. It has taken several years of things going wrong, or right to work out how to grow out of season. Love to experiment or try a new type of plant
Great thank you for your wisdom
Love your honesty Steve x. Spot on. I've no grow lights etc so waiting a while before sowing seeds. Just starting to chit my early potatoes though as it was successful last year. In Autumn last year l have sown peas, broad beans and field beans, and garlic and onions outdoors and they are doing really well x
Excellent advice as always Steve. Love your videos 📹
very good info vid about seeds well presented i always make notes as you advised i look forward to every vid you make im learning something new each time ive been a gardner over 40 yrs still learning many thanks for all you do on line
You are welcome and thank you Martyn, I am still learning also, every day is a school day!...Steve...😃
Thanks Steve for the advice. Take care.
Many thanks Sandra...Steve...😃
Thanks for all this great advice.
Well said Steve, down at the allotment people sow far to early and when they take or if they take they will find their season is over far to soon as they don't know how to prolong a season by sowing at the right time then repeating the process for the right crop.
Hi Tee Cee, yes we see it every year dont we, I love testing and will have a go but I mostly know my boundaries, I have to push those though...Steve...😃
Great video, Steve!
I live in the warmest region in my country (Germany), so I know I can sow most seeds earlier than what German seed packets say - and have to wait longer in the late summer, because temperatures stay higher for much longer. When I get Austrian seed packets (many of the organic seeds I get in Germany are from Austria), I can even go 4-6 weeks early.
For my colleagues, who have been asking for my advice, I tell them to stick to best practice (and I will be sowing some extra seeds to help them out with seedlings in case things go wrong)
@@robsallotmentchannel9942 - in the south in the Rhine-valley (Mannheim). Basically wine growing climate, zone 8b, and mostly hot summers.
This is what gardening is all about, adjusting everything to fit you and your gardening style...Steve...😃
Hi Steve this is a very good and informative
We have had to go back in time for our sowing,
Used to be able to have heat bench and propagators but for last four years we not been able to do that anymore,
So it's been hard but we still get a good result as normally on South Coast we have better warmer weather than some parts of UK. Stay safe Bill and val
I would have thought you are ideal placed to get things going and have thriving plants right out of the gate down there...Steve...😃
Interesting indeed. Thanks.
Great video Steve, with valuable information and guide on how sowing seeds at the best times and with useful tips can be beneficial for healthy seedlings and plants. In reference to Dalesman’s comment, I’m also interested in useful tips on the safest and environmentally friendly ways to clean the greenhouse. Be safe, well and warm.
Hi Indy, that video will be coming soon!...Steve...😃
Hi Steve, great video, thanks for sharing too, stay safe & take care 🙂
Thank you Christine, thanks for watching...Steve...😃
Great video Steve, thanks for information 👍👍👍
You are welcome Mark, thanks for watching...Steve...😃
Great video as always and reading the comments proves that keep up the good work Steve👍
Cheers Pal, I see you are getting close to the Magic 1000 now also, well done Sam! Anyone here doing or thinking of doing a van conversion "TheCraftyBlinders" is an excellent place to start...and just round the corner from me also...Steve...😃
@@GreenSideUp cheers for the plug mate
Hi Steve-Great advice as usual. I am in the opposite part of the UK - Kent, and a lot of the time I try to get ahead too quickly and end up with failures and poor quality plants.
I have noticed down here though, that the end of winter and start of spring appears to be moving further into the year down here, and winter proper is starting later.
Very difficult sometimes to decide when to sow, especially a I am with limited space.... keep it up though please!
Hi Mike and thanks, yes the seasons have been all over the place in this last decade and can be very difficult to predict, but such is the game we play as gardeners...Steve...😃
Machallah 👍🌷👈👈
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Thank you Martin and welcome here...Steve...😃
Thanks for very watchable, useful info. How about advising us on how to clean a polytunnel? Some products are algae killers, but what about general dirt, and some are apply and walk away - is it really that easy? Same method for greenhouses, or not? Then there’s slippery paths. Hopefully a useful topic whilst there’s not a lot of gardening going on.
Just a thought. Cheers.
Thank you Dalesman, yes I will be doing that at some stage as I do it every year. ...Steve...😃
Great video and great info, Steve. Thanks so much. I've been following you for two years now, and learned a lot. What is the meaning of "Tarana"?
Tar ra now...goodbye now
@@magpie1492 Thanks Magpie...Steve...😃
Thank you Gayle, Magpie explains my lazy way of saying goodbye ...Steve...😃
Brilliant vid Steve. Some really good solid information for someone like me. Thanks
That is good to hear Andy...Steve...😃
Good advice
Hello again Steve. As per usual, cracking vid with cracking advice. I do cheat the system myself by heating and insulating a small greenhouse from about the end of Feb until it's not needed anymore. I only heat to keep it above about 8 degrees on cold nights. However, I would be VERY interested to know more about your tomato side shoot growing. Can you do a video about that? Or if already done, send me a link please?
Take care pal. Looking forward to the next video
Phil 👍👨🌾
Hi Phil and thank you! I have one here from June 2020, where I show the plants I grew and about to plant them.th-cam.com/video/ExC8Y5L3rpA/w-d-xo.html There where many references to them through the summer last year but it is a little difficult to locate them. I will be covering them again this year, hopefully making whole videos on the subject to make them easier to find moving forward...Steve...😃
I think u have to try for yourself like u say keeps every think written down and what to see the results. I've followed alot of you tubers but realised that u can't always do the same as them as they may have lights, heated propagators.
I would hope that most gardeners how sow seeds will have a propagator, it is an essential piece of kit, lights not so much and it is very much a recent thing and at the moment, not for me. I have one but choose not to use it because of the reasons you mention. I want people to be able to do what I am showing them in my videos...Steve...😃
@@GreenSideUp to be fair I never had one. Only got 1 last year after watching yourself and a few other I decided that I needed one. The lights I'm not fussed about at the moment
You may have answered before so apologies if this is a repeat question. Do you rate Premier Seeds Direct? About to do my seed purchasing for the coming months and their prices seem lower than the rest and there might be a reason as to why! Thank you
Premier Seeds are very good. Lots of seeds for your money. Downside is that they come in a foil packet with only the name of the seeds on it. So you have to find the growing info elsewhere.
I rate premier seeds very highly indeed and have used them for well over a decade now, their seeds are cheap because they buy well. Yes their seed packets are just little foil packs, without the extra paper packet around them with the instructions on, but all the instructions are on their website, saving you the cost of paying for that and therefore keeping the overall cost down. Highly recommended !
Thanks for the sowing advice Steve. Going off at a tangent, any advice on your sound/camera doing your TH-cam videos?
You are welcome Nuka! At the start I used gear for filming that was not upto the job, now I use a go pro and a Rode mic, the details are at the bottom of every video description so if you click the "SHOW MORE" button it is all there...Steve...😃
how do you plant side chutes on tomatoes and when/how big?
Excellent channel by the way
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Cheers Locke...Steve...😃
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Thanks for the correction Yarny...Steve...😃