Seedlings and winter
I sowed some campanula seeds it seems like ages ago, but I think it was beginning of August and also some campion seeds. They are growing but aren't very big still, I don't have a greenhouse or coldframe, what should I do with them over the winter? Sorry seeds are all very new to me,
Apologies for the little blue pellets, those slugs are multiplying like mad at the moment, I'm rubbish with seedlings so want to give these little fella's a fighting chance.
I also have some white foxgloves seedlings which are doing really well, so I'm thinking these will survive the winter outside ? Have just put those in bigger pots, and was thinking I'd hold off a few weeks to plant those out. Don't have enough windowsills to bring everything inside.
Thanks for any advice.
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I'd put them right up against the house for winter, it offers some shelter and a few more degrees of warmth.
I wouldn't bring anything indoors unless it's tender.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Dont feel guilty about a few slug pellets on your seedlings, but to be honest a quarter of that amount would do the trick.
I live on the edge of Dartmoor, well over 900ft above, I bring all those little plants into a plastic greenhouse for the winter, when it snows up here, it snows! You can then keep the zips open on good days and close a bit if need be.
You can make a sort of temporary 'cold frame' with a few bricks/blocks/lumps of wood and an old windowframe from a skip. Just something to keep the worst of the rain and snow off them while providing them with plenty of ventilation.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.