How to sow seeds?
Step by Step:
- First, ensure that your growing media is properly prepared and ready for planting. Please refer to our guidance on Growing Media if you're unsure!
- Set-up your training lines across all three rows (to define each as a separate space).
- Use a trowell to create a shallow furrow the entire length of the seed-row.
- Backfill the furrow with seedling compost, then gently consolidate with the back of your hand.
- Use a dissambled training rod (horizontally) to create a shallow seed furrow along the seed-row.
- Sprinkle your seed in by hand (check out our Crop Selector tool to determine how many per row, or - if it's not listed - work it out from the back of the seed packet.)
- Backfill and consolidate the growing media gently with the back of your hand.
- Next, consolidate again using a length of wood (*we hope to be able to offer a tool for this use in 2021*).
- Finally, water all rows generously (but without allowing water to stand on the surface - this would indicate saturation) until the soil stops drawing down.
How to sow seeds for bean plants?
Step by Step:
- First, ensure that your growing media is properly prepared and ready for planting. Please refer to our guidance on Growing Media if you're unsure!
- With your training lines established across all three rows (to define the area), place five markers at equal spacing across each line. We've used five pence pieces, here.
- Using a dowlleing rod (or the base of a training rod), create a small hollow on either side of your marker. As a point of note, one of each pair should be deeper than the other (this helps guarantee successful germination)!
- Drop a single seed into each prepared hole.
- Use your dowlleing rod to gently tamp down the seed and backfill the hole using the surrounding media.
- Brush back the soil using your hand, and gently consolidate using pressure from a flat palm.
- Next, consolidate again using a length of wood (*we hope to be able to offer a tool for this use in 2021*).
- Finally, water all rows generously (but without allowing water to stand on the surface - this would indicate saturation) until the soil stops drawing down.