As the days start to get a little longer and the first buds are appearing in the garden, you may well be starting to think about growing some of your own veg and flowers this year.

Over the next few months we’ll be running a grow with us feature in our newsletter. We’ve selected some great vegetable and flower varieties from our new Gro-sure range and month by month we’ll be showing you how to sow the seeds, prick out, pot on, plant them out and finally we’ll be enjoying the fruits of our labour, when the summer gets here! Sign up to receive the newsletter here.

In the veg department we have been busy sowing Lettuce Sansula, Pepper Diablo and Ringo and Tomato Pannovy, all of which can be grown in pots on the patio and so are ideal for those of us with limited space. And for those with a veg patch or allotment to fill we will also be growing Cabbage Cilion.

For stunning containers and baskets we’ve selected Busy Lizzie Jambalaya, Lobelia Half Moon, Geranium Bulls Eye Cherry and Petunia Bravo Mix.

If you have space inside, in a greenhouse, porch or a bright windowsill you can start straight away and give your seeds a real head start.

Week 1 – 3
Having chosen our varieties we are ready to start sowing;

We are sowing our seeds into cell trays. Fill the trays with a good seed sowing compost such as John Innes Seed Sowing Compost and firm down gently.

Open the pack and tip a few seeds into the palm of your hand. Sow seeds individually. For ease of sowing any difficult to handle seeds in the Gro-sure range have been coated to make them easier to sow.

Cover your seeds with a light layer of compost and water gently using tepid water.

Don’t forget to label tray of seeds so you know which is which – it can be very easy to mix up small seedlings!

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