The Complete Guide to Sowing Systems with Sarah Raven & Arthur Parkinson - Episode 51
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As we settle into 2022 and begin to plan for the year’s most delightful flowers, it’s the perfect time to share how to grow from seeds, a process that’s incredibly rewarding and yields beautiful pots full of healthy plants. To create a complete cutting garden you’ll need to sow some seeds yourself. This episode of ‘grow, cook, eat, arrange’ is the A-Z of all we know about sowing systems; you’ll learn which varieties thrive on root disturbance, when to use root trainers, growing in gutters, using heated propagators, and the 5 T’s of direct sowing. In this episode, discover: Which sowing systems we’ve found the best success withHow to sow carefully, treating your seed like gold dustThe varieties that either love or lament having root disturbanceTypes of peat-free compost that have underperformed for us, and the new mix we’re trialling at Perch HillView all products mentioned and find further advice from Sarah: https://bit.ly/3f2DFiH Follow Sarah: https://bit.ly/3jDTvBp Follow Arthur: https://bit.ly/3jxSKK5 Order Sarah’s book: https://bit.ly/2TWHJcz Order Arthur’s book: https://bit.ly/3xOov7H Shop on the Sarah Raven Website: http://bit.ly/3jvbaeu Get in touch: [email protected]
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