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Seed sowing cheat.

Seed sowing cheat.

How I do it the easy way.

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Anna Taylor
Mar 07, 2023
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Seed sowing cheat.
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If you have a window sill or a spot by your front door for a pot, you can grow something to flower. Or eat. Or better, both!

With light levels rising, there is a tantalising glimpse of what’s to come.  The ground remains very cold and the air still, so I’m going easy with seed sowing; only starting hardy varieties right now.

Most farmer florists and certainly flower farmers of scale, grow seeds in trays. Either to prick out and transplant, or in separate modules. I have tried this numerous times but it’s never as good as my slightly unusual method.

You see, when I began growing cut flowers, in 2015, I didn’t have a polytunnel or greenhouse. I grew everything on my cottages narrow windowsills.

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