Our new crop growing guides and early sowing tips for 2022
Happy New Year!
We hope that you had some time to rest over the festive period.
Did you know there is an old saying that you should not sow any seeds six weeks either side of Christmas?
We think this is a pretty solid rule to this day although it is possible to push things a bit now we have things like polytunnels and heat mats.
There is really not much to gain from sowing seeds very early in the year as there is so little heat and light energy for them to grow big and strong - and once the days start to warm later sowings of things easily catch up with earlier ones.
We highly recommend not getting F.O.M.O. and copying what you see others doing on social media (tempting as it might be) without doing your own research first!
That being said there are some crops which do benefit from sowing early as they are slow growing and need a long season, and others that if sown early can get you a nice early crop e.g. some salad leaves.
Click the button below to the see what seeds you can sow in January.
| SEEDS TO SOW IN JAN |
N.B:
- Tomatoes, chillies, peppers and aubergines will need additional heat (and maybe light) if sown very early. We use a heat mat and LED lights which are widely available
- Onions will need heat to germinate but once germinated will be happy in an unheated space like a cold frame or polytunnel
You can also use our monthly seed sowing pages to help you plan the next few months.
New Crop Growing Guides
We are really pleased to say that our new crop growing guides are now online and you can find them by clicking the button below.
We have started with our most popular crops and hope to build on the guides in the future. We hope you will find them useful.
| GROWING GUIDES |
Fred, Ronja, and the rest of the team
p.s. we were very honoured to be on Radio 4 "Farming Today" on New Years' Eve, you can listen to the episode here
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