Sowing seeds in January
In January, many gardeners start sowing their seeds indoors on the windowsill.
Sowing seeds indoors has many advantages: First of all, sun-loving vegetables such as chillis, tomatoes, peppers or eggplants tend to grow more slowly than other vegetables such as lettuce, radishes, carrots etc.
You can therefore start the sowing in the first month of the year so that you can plant them out in time for the summer season.
In addition, earlier sowing can lead to an earlier harvest, which in turn leads to better yields at harvest.
However, sowing indoors can be a major challenge. Some plants need more soil then others when sowing, and there are plants, that require certain temperatures and lighting to grow as a plant. Otherwise they will grow weak and cannot survive outdoors.
You will need following materials for successful sowing:
- good sowing soil
- planting tops materials like empty toilet rolls, old vegetable container with holes or quick pots
- heating mat for sun-loving vegetables like chillis, tomatoes etc.
- good lightning at the windowsill or plant lamps (optional)
