[TheOnlyGothInTheVillage]

Hi all, so far the years been a bit of a disaster, germination rates have been terrible and the few seedlings I have are bent and leggy..I'm off to buy more seeds tomorrow, am looking at the usual suspects really, tomatos, cucumbers, leeks, cabbages, broccoli, sprouts, peppers, chillis, ect, if I start them off straightaway, they'll all catch up, won't they? is there anything I can't start off again? I've got a few windowsills, a unheated glass greenhouse and have a plastic walk in one on order-that will be going down the side, where its a lot sunnier and warmer...

[Yorkie]

You may be a bit late for the chillis and leeks - I think they need quite a long growing season.

I won't start tomatoes off for another couple of weeks anyway.

[MichelleC]

Bubble wrap the greenhouse to keep it warm if you haven't already done so. It helps loads. X

[mumofstig]

It is too late for chillis but not for leeks

Suttons seeds: Culture: For exhibition sow January-February under glass at 18-21°C (65-70°F). For general purpose sow March-April outdoors ..........for use from October to April according to variety. (30-32 weeks maturity.)

[TheOnlyGothInTheVillage]

Excellent, thanks all, will be off this morning to get more seeds, I did try and bubble wrap the glass greenhouse last winter, saved all the bubble wrap up we got through the post for about a year but could not get it to stick to the glass or the metal frame, (spent hours with tapes and blu tacks but its to damp in the greenhouse for anything to stick) i've been given a heater but its needs petrol or meths or something, not a driver so don't tend to have that around the house and to be honest my glass green house is only a half size one so theres no space to have a heater set up, can only just get through the door as it is!
Just wish this weather would sort itself out, its rained and hailed for about 10 days now, come on summer!

[DD.]

For goodness sake don't put those in your heater! 

It'll no doubt need paraffin.

[sunshineband]

Last year I missed the sowing boat for leeks and bought some seedlings on ebay --- excellent plants well rooted and ready to pot up (not to put out on the plot, but to grow on for later)

99p for 20 I think I paid.

Pretty good leeks from them

[TheOnlyGothInTheVillage]

For goodness sake don't put those in your heater! 

It'll no doubt need paraffin.

lol, knew it was something like that, something flamable anyway....

[DD.]

It's nothing to be, blasé  about, had you put petrol in it, you may never have posted on this forum, or any others come to that, again!

[TheOnlyGothInTheVillage]

I or my fella would have double checked before using it....

[PembsPanther]

What is the issue with leeks? It is STILL only April! If anything a sowed a few weeks later will they not just a little smaller than usual??

One minute we are told we are being too eager the next we are too late!!! Come on experts make your minds up

[mumofstig]

One minute we are told we are being too eager the next we are too late!!! Come on experts make your minds up

I hope you don't think anybody on here is an expert  We just grow our own veg and some have more experience of doing that than others.
We can only voice an opinion and give advice based on that, in the hope that it helps 

[Ice]

As mumofstig said, it's not too late for leeks.  Just stick them in.

[mattwragg94]

What is the issue with leeks? It is STILL only April! If anything a sowed a few weeks later will they not just a little smaller than usual??

One minute we are told we are being too eager the next we are too late!!! Come on experts make your minds up

i would also try with the chilli's - i would only put a few seeds in tho and see how they go!

[PembsPanther]

One minute we are told we are being too eager the next we are too late!!! Come on experts make your minds up

I hope you don't think anybody on here is an expert   We just grow our own veg and some have more experience of doing that than others.
We can only voice an opinion and give advice based on that, in the hope that it helps  

You are an expert compared to me MoS along with the other high posted members that dish out the help and advice

My first post was meant tongue in cheek just in case it has not come across that way