Cut Flower Seed to Sow in January// Stems by Suzanne Cut Flower Garden🌺

The nights are finally drawing out, and its time to try and rein in my over enthusiasm at the prospect of sowing seed for my 2025 cut flower growing season.
It is so tempting to get a little carried away sowing a vast amount of different hardy annuals or cool flowers.
Although we may begin to have some sunny and spring like days, we are not out of the woods yet, and certainly where I live we often get some very cold weather in March and even into April.
Direct sowing is definitely totally out of the question, until the soil temperatures reach at least 10c. For a seed to successfully germinate and grow on to be strong and healthy, it needs to be provided with the perfect conditions, including the right temperature, light or the exclusion of light depending on the variety to be grown, and adequate moisture. And once germinated will grow far better if it receives 12 or more hours of daylight.
In the past, January has been the month that I have been known to fill every single window sill in my home with my precious plant babies, and lets be honest, it is very likely, I will be trying to find room for seed trays in my kitchen at some point very soon.
It is totally possible to grow flowers from seed in our homes in January by providing them warmth from central heating, boiler rooms or even heated propagators or heat mats.
Relying solely on daylight from our windows can prove to be slightly more problematic resulting in seedlings stretching and reaching for light. I have previously found myself using mirrors or foil to try and reflect more of the available light to seedlings, with little benefit.
They definitely value more, from the light available to them from conservatories, greenhouses or polytunnels, but these areas are often too cold for germination to occur.
So with all of this in mind, in this video we will see which seeds can I germinate and grow on in January and how and why am I starting them so early.

I have limited heated space for starting seeds so that is all I intend to sow, until I free up some space, when hopefully the seed I have discussed today has germinated and been relocated to the polytunnel or greenhouse.
And as soon as there is space available I will let you know what I will be sowing next in February.

Let me know what your sowing at the moment, is your house full of seed trays?

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