[Leapyear]

Hi Everyone           Another newbie question  :?: Having just taken on an allotment,I am very keen to start growing ....and wondered if their are any seeds I should be starting in pots/trays now. :roll:

[richyrich7]

Hi and welcome  leapyear

Depends what you want to grow, but certainly some can be sown now, like cauli's , leeks, tom's, peppers, chilli's  but the last three will need to be kept free from frost.

[Leapyear]

Thanks Richyrich   .....Reaching for my seed trays now  

[paintedlady]

Also, broadbeans (most varieties now) and peas such as Early Onwards & Kelvedon Wonder

[compostqueen]

Hispi cabbage or something similar, small pointy quick growing jobs  

You could start by thinking about what you eat a lot of and buy from the shops and are expensive but cheap if home grown. Good place to start  

[Leapyear]

Brilliant   ...Another question would like to sow peas and was wondering how to go about sowing in guttering :?

[paintedlady]

Brilliant   ...Another question would like to sow peas and was wondering how to go about sowing in guttering :?

I think it is that simple - one piece of guttering, attach some ends, fill with seed compost, plant peas, water, leave to germinate/grow.  When ready, dig a trench the same size of guttering and slide out the compost into hole without upending everything.

Have to admit I just grow my peas individually in peat pots, and plant these out round a mini wigwam after they have germinated/grown to decent size

[diggerjoe]

I quite fancy the idea of starting my peas off in guttering but somehow can't quite picture getting them up the lottie still in the guttering on my bike - so it will have to pots  

[compostqueen]

Guttering, peas, compost, bike       I can imagine going through the lotty gate and the guttering being too wide to fit  

I sow em in pots too cos I'm too clumsy to make the guttering thing work  :oops: