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to get seeds started indoors. Please help! I have bought a couple of books but it's all gobbledegook to me at the moment. Will you be lifting any paving to make the raised bed? How had you planned  to build it? It will have to be deep enough and have

and never grown a single one. Don't have many probs with other veg. Artjak, my guess would be mice, pigeons or other vermin eating the seeds before or soon after they have germinated.  I had little luck with peas until I started sowing them in root trainers

is best for providing seeds for birds, please? i have teasle seeds, when and how to sew? Tinkerbell, you want to sow seeds of Dipsacus fullorum in April or May or buy a plant as they are biennial so the plants from last year can be bought. One plant

's just marketing blurb that is not actually true. I sowed some peppers in some B&Q seed compost this year, on a windowsill indoors, and it ended up having some tiny slug like creatures that ate the seedlings as soon as they sprouted. So won't be using

agree it has been a tough year for those of us who like to grow from seed, but I have to admit I have cheated and  been to a local nursery and bought lots of reduced plants. I could not face the empty containers. As I sow seeds for the veggie plot

bought some potatoes to sow and carrot & parsnip seeds. I'm going to give it a go and as you said any mistakes I make will be part of the learning experience. Thanks. Good advice Kate. This will be my third year of growing veggies and I've made lots

not sufficient-you can keep turning them by they will always grow towards the light hence leggy plants Do not start too early-if you are sowing for summer bedding-wait for another four weeks when conditions will be better-it will all catch up and you will have

How can we tell when the chillies are ready to pick? I planted the free pepper seeds(Anaheim) indoors as suggested but unfortunately thev'e all failed although every one of the tomato seeds (Gartenperle) are doing well Are you sure those Chilli

.fromEveroptimistic about 8,weeks ago sowed tomato seeds all came through great .been away over easter weekend wet too check plants few seemed too be dying and brown-white marks on leaves can anyone advise what problem is thanks. That's a shame you're not going to grow

, as they're only an annual flower. However, some varieties do set seed, so leave the flower heads to form seeds, and use these to feed the birds. i never had any peppers from my pepper plants this year. i have grown them indoors on a warm windowsill