Tip Katrina - use spent compost bags and cut them the size of your trays/ mushroom boxes you use. Line the trays to each edge then put your plants seeds inside in the tray/ or mushroom box. you can then water from the inside so that the seeds plants take up water from the bottom of the pots/ trays when needed and it promotes good root growth.
This video has breathed more life to me. Always wanted to garden and just heard of the no dig method. I didnt know thats possible and to have had people already doing it is just great. Moved to an urban setting since childhood and people here dont grow anything but white corn. Thankyou for the info and inspiration hope to get to no dig gardening for beginners soonest🙌
Great video, very informative 😀. I liked the advice of opening the seed packets from the bottom but had to laugh as the leak packets then ripped straight from the top 🤭
Hope you have a successful season this year on your alotment, it looks massive, loving your knowledge and dedication to the greener things. Would be nice if a responsible sponsor did the right thing to help you grow your intentions. Good luck with everything 🥰🥰🥰
I bought feather board. Very cheap for a bundle. Makes deep seed trays which I half fill for seeds then fill for pricking out. Works out less than a pound a box. Whatever you use - it’s best to make them standard size as you can often pick up unwanted lid or inserts.
Great informative video. I watched Charles’s beetroot video recently and am also trying his multi sow method. Will be interesting to see how it pans out. Thanks for sharing. Mags.
Great update Katrina. I`ve followed Charles Dowding for a few years, a very innovative gardener. Those pickling onions are good multi sown in cells too. All the best .Mark
Massive congratulations on your new job I hope you enjoy every single day 😀love your vids keep them coming ...love watching Charles also he's the man for no dig ..well enjoy I'm sure you will soon settle in 😄
Great video, I’ve tried the multi-sow for beetroot and Welsh onions, works a treat. I now sow in to homemade paper pots then just plant the whole thing when they go in the ground.
I did multi seeding with walla walla onions, and I plan to separate them when I plant them. It’s my first experience growing onions. I’ve also got tomatoes seedlings coming along, and I’ve rooted some sweet potatoes in water and they have produced some robust slips! Great demo! Thanks for sharing Charles’ techniques, they make a lot of sense! 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱
Hey just came across your channel looking forward to catching up with your previous vids fantastic recycling with the grape punnets and its defo worth having the solid trays 😁👍🏻
Nice setup you have for early sowing. You might find that the shallots don't split. When grown from seed they should just form one bulb as a seed only has one growing point. Certain varieties are usually only grown from seed (Zebrune for example, I've not seen Zebrune sets sold). Varieties sown from sets will usually split into between 2 and 12 bulbs depending on variety and size (larger sets usually split into larger bulbs) - this is because multiple growing eyes form within the bulb and the larger the bulb the more eyes can form. The rule of thumb is that large sets give more but smaller shallots while small sets give fewer but larger shallots (I put it down to the fact that they have less bulbs to share the water and nutrients between so each bulb gets more)
🙈 I also sent compost and seeds flying and chopped my head out of shot when my camera moved! I clearly need more practice when it comes to filming and sowing at the same time! 😄
your right that when you get free seed samples you don't get as many. I got some free Kale and Marigold seeds with my online orders this year. Not that keen on Kale I prefer Spinach, but for free I will still enjoy. All the best.
Hi, just watching through some of your old videos. I just wanted to ask whether you could remember the name of your polytunnel please?...your frame looks much thicker and sturdier than your usually see on the green plastic tunnels!..keep up the great work by the way, I do enjoy your videos 👍🏻😁
in 56 years of life this lady is bout as lovely as a lady can be i binge watch just because i can listen to her all day. she has beautiful flowers however compared to her they look are a wilt
Thanks for sharing your seeding experiments. I live in eastern Ontario and there is still 2 feet of snow on the ground. The doors to the converted garage-greenhouse shelter is sitting in a small pond of frozen water.its -9C here but plus 8 in the greenhouse. I too discovered Charle Downing a few months ago and he is great. . Will you make a video of your results?
That is not a poly tunnel, that is a professional gardeners office! Just the phone missing haha Just catching up with your vids as been away from youtube for a while. @7:18 Sounds like a chipmonk doing the show when it speaded up. Not sure if speaded is a proper word though haha Hope you have a great year growing wise. Charles Dowding channel is great. Been following for a long time. The book is awesome.
Zebrune don't divide into multi bulbs I believe they are a shallot and onion hybrid. They are the latest and greatest to grow from seed as they grow huge and will last 12 months in storage without rotting off. Xx
Yes, thank you! Somebody else also pointed this out. I don’t quite know how I overlooked that. Hopefully I’ll get a good harvest to see me through winter 🤞🏻
Just wondering where you got the metal racking from? Still waiting for winds to subside - & another pair of hands - to get cover on my polytunnel. Luckily have some seed sowing space at home.
Here's an idea - milk in glass bottles that can be re-used. Why don't they do that anymore? Because the powers that be can make more money off one-use plastic then blame the consumer
About now is the best time to sew seeds or even before. What you're aiming to do is get your seeds off to a good start before the last frost comes. Once we've had the last frost then everything that's grown can be planted out (This is the UK I'm talking about).
I don't think leeks are the best vegetable for sowing in cells ... When you put them in the ground you don't actually plant them like most other vegetables, you actually drop them in to a long narrow hole, made with a dibber or old broom handle, then water them. They are planted quite deep, basically dropped into the hole about 6 inches deep. You don't put any soil around them. My first time seeing you .. Very good video.
Hello Again - was wondering WHY hadnt heard from yall-particularly at this time of year-& discovered YT had 'UNSUBSCRIBED' me !!! they've been up to ALOT of shenanigans all over with this corporate re-do , messing over longtime channels - including YOURS!!! those villainous bastards ! In any case , wrong made right , Spring has begun & it is time to go work in the garden ! = D) *heres idea:for multiseed planting, whynot use point end of pencil to make indents @ each corner of module , drop in then ?
Hi a big bonjour from France 'just one thing young lady work for the BBC garden wold along with Monty to teach a more rang of public you're what we need there bonne continuation.
@@homegrowngarden Have a look at Dan at Allotment Diary. He grows Zeebrune every year with spectacular results and he doesn't give them any TLC, just leaves them to their own devices until harvest on 1st August.
