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Sow Seeds In JANUARY For A Head Start! Gardening For Beginners
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Sow Seeds In JANUARY For A Head Start! Gardening For Beginners



January is the quietest time of the year in the garden, and not much is growing. And whilst it is too early to sow many crops, there are quite a few you can sow early for a head start! Our fingers are itching to get sowing down at the allotment with those January blues continuing. January is a very long month!

I’m down at the allotment sowing some of the first seeds of the 2025 growing season. Why not try some of these too?
Bare in mind though that the things in my list are best being started off at home or in a greenhouse. You could get away with direct sowing some of these hardy crops outdoors, so long as your ground is workable and isn’t frozen. Bare in mind, germination and growth will be much slower if you do decide to direct sow outdoors in January. Although cloches and mini polytunnels can help warm things up outdoors.

I’ve started some of the tender crops off at home under my grow lights, such as peppers and aubergines. It will be April at the very earliest when I start to move some of the tender crops down to the allotment greenhouses and polytunnels.

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-Jim 🧑🏻‍🌾

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27 Comments

  1. @sc3pt1c4L

    I would appreciate knowing how you went about getting an allottment, how much it costs, what the rules and regulations are e.g. can you grow flowers, can you put up a shed, lights, plant fruit trees etc.

  4. @helenstewart2085

    The big none secret is to organize your seed packets monthly, so after I sow the brassicas, then work out which ones will sow next month, then move the following ones forward, my seed tin has dividers labeled now, soon, later, when say broadbeans are sown their packet goes to the back, same with tomatoes, cucumbers etc.

  6. @Collette665

    Thanks for all the info it is extremely helpful!! I'm in the Southwest and always sceptical about what I can grow outside from seed. No greenhouse! Great informative advice 👍 ignore the haters 😉

  11. @andrewramsey7405

    Evening Jim, my 🌶 are starting to kick off, sowed them 10 days ago on my south facing windowsill.
    🍆 and peppers were sown today.

  15. @weareyounique4234

    Thank you for your time. I’m old.. short term memory.
    It would be helpful for others like myself if you popped the names/varieties of veggie seeds you’ve showed

  23. @ramblingbadger

    Great video mate. Ive got our chillies starting indoors and also bought some okra seeds. In the greenhouse we have lettuce and onions. Fingers crossed we have a better year!

  24. @grahamthomas411

    Just a thought 💭🤔 if possible could you mention IF the seeds you are sowing need HEAT or NOT please for the newbie More and more are turning to YouTube gardening for information. Tips. ECT thanks for your time 👍

  25. @Jalleur14325

    Thank you for your advice..just to say coconut coir isn't really environmentally friendly. Although it's a waste product to make it suitable for horticulture it has to go through a lot of chemical and water heavy processing – as well as being shipped thousands of miles. Better to go with a mix of green waste/animal waste compost.

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