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tarantula_123 · 17-03-2012, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by David Hare-Scott[_2_]

tarantula_123 wrote:
Hi all im Dale and new to the forum,

I need some advice on sowing some seeds ive bought off the internet.
These include atlantic giant pumpkin, goji berry and brandywine
tomato.

The advice i need is:

what compost do i need to sow these,

Nice rich soil would be good. One does not need to grow in pure compost.

what equipment do i need to sow them in,

Why do you need any?

I am fairly new to gardening, but am very experienced in growing
runner beans. I usually sow those every year in 3.5cm pots.

However, i haven't got much idea on how to sow these seeds i have. The
brandywine tomato is said to be one of the best there is, so i want to
get them perfect. Do i use a propagator? If not, what size pots, i.e.
the plastic bag over the top to act as a propagotr. When people say
use a propagator, they never state how. There is various types of
bottoms to the propagator itself, or you can put small pots in etc
that are seperate from other seeds. I know some use no pots and just
the bottom of the propagator itself, and remove the resulting
germination by hand, which i dont like doing.

Why do you need a propagator? What is your climate?

So, along with this, this brings me to my pumpkin seeds, which i have
never ever grown. Do i sow these in a propagator, if so, again, do i
use seperate seedling trays, if so what size, if not, what do i use.

Generally they don't like to have their roots disturbed. Either sow them
directly or use tapered seedling tubes, one each tube.

David

Hi there,

My climate is the midlands in the United Kingdom.

There surely has to be some equipment to sow the seeds in. Pumpkins i know can be planted straight into the ground like runner beans, but the other two seeds i have wont grow like that im thinking.

You mention tapered seedling tube. What are they? Where do i get them from? Do you just mean tapered seedling trays?

Cheers,
Dale.