2025 - What I sowed today

Sown these while it sleeting outside. They’re all in the nice warm propagator now.
Black cherry toms.
Gardeners delight toms.
Mini bell toms.
Flat leaf parsley.
Sweet and Genovese Basil

Direct sown samphire, in a fish box in the tunnel.
Sown
3 varieties of aster
2 varieties corn cockle
Mallow
Drum stick scabious
2 varieties of cornflower
Saponaria
Orlaya
4 varieties of antirrhinum
4 varieties of celosia ( including Bombay bronze cockscomb)
Dill mammoth
Bells of Ireland
Clary

[I took stock of what has germinated, what's growing well and realised I need a whole lot more tomatoes, and lots more of everything really. My sowing early experiment is a success though, which will help me space out my sowings in future years. I might just need another grow light or two.

Some seeds didn't germinate at all, and I sowed quite a few of them, so I've put them on a heat mat. The mat was hidden in lots of other stuff we hadn't unpacked, and I'm so pleased to be able to put it to good use.

Sown the last of my March sowing flowers.
Rudbeckia cherry brandy
4 varieties of nasturtiums
Gazania talent
Marigolds
2 varieties of echinops
Echinacea bravado
6 varieties of cosmos
2 varieties of calendula
2 varieties of tagetes

Just some old herb seeds in an new herb patch.

Genovese Basil
Lemon Basil
Dark Opal Basil
Crisp Mint Lettuce
America Spinach
Sweet Peas (saved seed from old fashioned/heirloom mix)

12 varieties of tomatoes, some boring old ones and some I haven't tried from past seed swaps
4 varieties of chillies
2 varieties of sweet pepper
4 varieties of tagetes

Sown lots of old herb seeds today. In a compost mix then added to the top of a big pot.
Coriander
Rosemary
Hyssops
Summer & winter savory
Borage
Caraway
Fennel
Dill
2 varieties of parsley (3 packets)
Orange scented thyme
5 packets of thyme
2 varieties of oregano
3 varieties of basil (4 packets)
3 packets of marjoram

Sown in cells
Hopefully fresher herbs
Greek basil
Lettuce leaf basil
Parsley
Coriander
Lemongrass
Borage
Giant chives

Also sown in a big pot radish. To be used as micro greens, full grown & seeds.

Sowed my tomatoes:

2 x Green Zebra (yellow/green medium)
3 x Gardener's Delight (red cherry)
1 x Michael Pollan (yellow/green pear)
1 x Santiam Sunrise (orange cherry)
2 x Garnet (dark cherry)
2 x Auntie Madge's (red plum)
2 x Sgt Pepper's (red/purple heart)

Actually less than I usually do!

Today I've sown 5 small tomatoes - old seeds but they all germinated last year! I've sown all the remaining seeds.
Cherry Falls - sow by 2019
Tumbling Tom Red - 6/2014
Minibel 2022
Vilma - 12/2016
Balconi Red - 12/2019

They have a week to prove themselves - if not, I'll sow some fresher seeds.

For the record - they all germinated. The lowest germination was Cherry Falls (2019) and the best Vilma (2016). Not sure how many seeds were sown of each so that may have influenced the results, but, just shows that all old seeds (like people) deserve a chance.