Using a Heated Propagator
Today I finally got my heated propagator, ready to get my seeds going earlier than usual. You may wonder why I would start a couple of months earlier than the packets suggest. My reason is that in the last few years in the UK the best period of long warm/hot weather seems to be around April/May time. If we start growing from seed in March then some plants won’t be ready for planting until May, and you can potentially miss the best weather of the year!
So, after winning some vouchers for a local garden centre, we finally took a trip over there today and I got a decent sized heated propagator (photos to follow once it’s set up!), plus a few packets of seeds designed for the compact/patio garden. I bought seeds for dwarf beans (I’ve grown these the last two summers in a pot), cherry tomatoes (going to put these in a hanging basket), spring onions, baby carrots and baby leeks. Plus I’ll be seeing if my existing seeds (courgettes, lettuce, radish and rocket) are still ‘working’.
My plan this year is to stick with the pots and growbags, as there is no ground space to put plants in. I’m also planning to do a couple of troughs of potatoes, using a couple of deep wooden troughs built by my Dad (from old scrap wood, no expense spared!). That, plus the pots and two wooden troughs I already have, plus maybe 3 growbags and I think we should get a nice little crop of vegetables and salad this year 
- January 16th '10
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