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Not to sow too thickly. Only a problem with my own saved seed, commercial packets hardly contain enough to do that   What is it nut c.? Antirrhinums Tootles, saved from some called terracotta something last year. I have other examples. Tried very

this method for sowing seeds saved from your own dahlia plants at the end of the previous season.10cm pot or seed trayMulti-purpose compost Dahlia seedsPlant label and pencilClear polythene bag and rubber band (for pot) or propagator lid (for seed tray

Growing vegetables from seed can make a limited budget go a long way. Some crops, such as maincrop potatoes and onions are fairly cheap to buy in shops, so growing your own might not save you a lot of money. But runner bean, cherry tomato

I've attached some picture of my foxglove. It's perfectly normal except for the top flower of each stem which looks like a fussion of multiple flowers. Any ideas what has happened to it? Is it worth saving the seed? It's called fasciation

I love Zinnias with their fabulous colours. I save seed from them every year but seldom get a good germination rate. I use normal potting/seedling compost and start them off in a warm place. Results are patchy to say the least. What am I doing wrong

I have a potted young pine tree grown from seed over the last 5/6 years, but it has gradually turned yellow from a beautiful blue-green colour.  Can anyone tell me if I may do something to save it as the needles are on the verge of dropping

Well I carefully saved my free seed packets from various gardening magazines and kept them unopened waiting for the weather to improve. So I was a little dissapointed and perhaps naive to see how few each contained. Still I won't look a gift horse

, but that would also have been the case with onions grown from sets. The results were superb, and I was surprised at just how large the onions grew from seed.Perhaps the biggest advantage of seeds over sets is the money that can be saved. Taking the variety 'Red

-special, select them and when they are big enough divide the plants to make more of your favouritesMore on collecting and growing from seedGrowing bluebells from seed, with Chris Beardshaw.Monty Don gives advice on sowing sunflower seedsCollecting and saving seeds

Thought I'd try saving french/runner bean seeds for next year, how difficult can it be? Gardeners have been saving seeds aince Adam was a lad, so left some on the plants to dry. It's been so wet though some are going moldy on the plant so I