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in guttering.Sowing seeds indoors

What a tremendous pleasure it is to grow sunflowers from seed. Thousands of children up and down the country sow sunflowers in spring, no doubt hoping to grow the tallest and enter the Guinness Book of Records.My sunflowers will never do

cloves outside or in modular seed trays Cover herbs like basil and parsley with clochesFruit & vegTake root cuttings from Japanese anemones and oriental poppiesPot up prepared hyacinths into bowls for indoor displaysPot up rooted cuttings taken in summer

I was wondering how others prevent damping off of seedlings?  I started another thread a little while ago about my meconopsis sheldonii seedlings damping off in the problemsolving forum.  I sowed more seeds and I'm very excited that they germinated

. Dave Plant out in different spot. They prob just rotted in cold  wet soil.  No, not too late I usually sow seeds but this year I'm buying plants for first time.  They will prob be planted next week

............... i do bring my seed compost indoors for 24 hrs prior sowing any seed, i dont use really cold compost, and i water the seeds in with tepid water Thanks Nigel  there is NO harm in experimenting Nigel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak5TYb6iFKc   couple

aubergines per plant.Aubergine seedsMulti-purpose compostSeed compostSelection of pots of different sizesVermiculiteFebruary (sowing) to October (harvesting)Fill pots with seed compost and lightly firm the surface. Place up to seven seeds on the surface

agricultural college and on the way to work passed fields growing 'opium poppies'. Nipped off my bicycle one day home and collected some seed heads . Sowed them but nothing happened - perhaps they are sterile - I really don't know but sure someone here will

, overcrowded nature of my normal seed sowing! 80% of the seeds are now up and, despite removing the tray from the heat (its now just on an indoor shelf near the window in the house), the stems are an average of 2" long before the first pair of seed leaves

.AdamMany of these plants can be raised from seed. Sow them into fibre pots in spring and you can transplant them into the container without disturbing their roots.Take cuttings of the osteospermum in summer and overwinter them indoors in case you lose plants during a cold