{"id":21189,"date":"2021-08-30T10:11:36","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T09:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=21189"},"modified":"2021-08-30T10:11:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T09:11:36","slug":"some-seeds-sowing-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/some-seeds-sowing-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Seeds Sowing Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The recent history of my seed sowing is not a traditional gardeners tip more a recollection of my own gardening method or lack thereof. These seed sowing stories are neither best practice nor a road to success.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-448\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/seed-head.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Allium Seedhead ready to Harvest<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Sources of my seeds<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>I don&#8217;t like waste so I <strong>collect<\/strong> a lot of seed from existing plants. Sweet peas, poppies, calendula, aquliegia and legumes feature regularly. I have had recent success with growing yellow tree peony lutea from seeds. I used to collect wild seeds when on holiday or where I thought I could get away with doing so.<\/li>\n<li>I <strong>buy more seed<\/strong> than I need or ever convert into plants. Salad and vegetable seed is usually a considered purchase as a result of previous success or catalogue recommendations. I am an <strong>impulse buyer<\/strong> of other seeds often for experiments or to try new flowers. I buy gardening magazines that have free seed packets on the cover.<\/li>\n<li>I obtain <strong>seed from societies<\/strong> such as the RHS, cyclamen or alpine seed schemes. I haven&#8217;t found anyone local with whom to swap seeds.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Old stock<\/strong> of previous seasons remnant seeds (kept in an airtight tin) last longer than expected particularly tomato and salad crops. I don&#8217;t worry about fertility, if they germinate it is a bonus.<\/li>\n<li>I suppose my garden benefits most from <strong>self seeders<\/strong> although many are weeds or unwanted specimens.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Reasons For Seed Sowing<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>My prime seed sowing is <strong>for vegetables<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Flower sowing is usually to<strong> meet an aspiration<\/strong> for shock and awe from the results. Seldom achieved but fun to attempt.<\/li>\n<li>Some I sow intending to obtain more <strong>cut flowers<\/strong> but only really successfully with sweet peas which I recommend as well worth the effort.<\/li>\n<li>I silly reason for buying them is because they are cheap. A local garden center treats them as a loss leader and all year they are 50% of the packet price. I buy more than I need and sow wastefully. I did well this year on a variety pack of sunflowers.<\/li>\n<li>If I want perennials or gap fillers like Lupins I will try seed even though it may work out more economical to buy plants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent history of my seed sowing is not a traditional gardeners tip more a recollection of my own gardening method or lack thereof. These seed sowing stories are neither best practice nor a road to success. Allium Seedhead ready to Harvest Sources of my seeds I don&#8217;t like waste so I collect a lot of seed from existing plants. Sweet peas, poppies, calendula, aquliegia and legumes feature regularly. I have had recent success with growing yellow tree peony lutea&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/some-seeds-sowing-stories\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,291],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-my-experiences"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21189"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21191,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21189\/revisions\/21191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}