“Sowing the seeds of love, the seeds of love, sowing the seeds… ”
Love that song. Here are some peppers that I sowed back in November. I actually saved the seeds from the peppers that I grew last year, and I planted them as an example on ‘how to seed’ for the London’s rather wonderful Egg Mag. I wasn’t really expecting anything to happen, but they’re coming along lovely. So if you’ve not ventured into the land of seeding before, Here’s ten easy steps how…
1. save loo rolls 2. Fill with compost 3. water 4. place three to four seeds in each roll
5. lightly cover with soil 6. Cover with clear plastic bag, or cling film to create greenhouse effect and condensation
7. place in sunny area indoors and wait to germinate 8. When the seeds have germinated and are getting too big for the cover, take cover off and gently water when needed.
9. After a week or two, plant one or two seedings on to their own bigger pots (small herb pots will make do for now) by gently removing the seedling out of the loo roll. I tend to lay the loo roll on its side and gently break away the compost. Think of the seedling as a small wee baby – DO NOT PULL THE SEEDLING FROM ITS HEAD as this will cause much considerable damage. Scoop out gently!
Crikey – witches hands or what?
10. Let the seedling grow its root systems on its current abode for a month or so (see below). I placed mine into my makeshift green house outside so its fairly sheltered from the harsh realities of life until it gets used to the big outdoors.
When its considerably stronger pot each plant onto their final home (window box, decent sized pot depending on what you’ve grown or hanging basket) etc.
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