When summer residents itch with impatience: what to sow in January

In the middle of winter, you can already sow some flower crops that have a long growing season. The main requirement for growing plants in January-February is good lighting, that is, the use of ultraviolet lamps and lamps. Without them, you will only waste your time and effort, and disappointment will come.

Flower crops planted closer to spring most often catch up with the seedlings sown in January. Therefore, there is no need to rush to crops. But if your hands itch, and you want to experiment, then go for it.

Seeding nuances

If you do not have experience with flower crops yet, then you need to decide on the following points. Some crops require stratification, that is, exposure of the seed to cold temperatures.

Seed producers usually indicate this on the packaging. Basically, these include perennial plants (primrose, lavender, delphinium, bells, some varieties of Turkish carnations, for example).

Cooling these seeds stimulates them to awaken. Seeds are sown in a small container and refrigerated, further creating favorable conditions for germination.

On the packaging, you should find information - a perennial, biennial or annual plant that you purchased. The seeds can be both large and small. The latter, as a rule, require a long growing season; strong and healthy seedlings should grow by planting in the ground during this time.

Biennial plants can also be sown in January. In this case, plants can go through a two-year development cycle in one year and in the summer they can please with their flowering. But, I repeat, without good lighting, you are unlikely to be able to grow good seedlings sown in January.

What seeds of vegetables, flowers and berry crops can be sown in January

In January I will sow root celery. Last year, it was planted in February. He also gave good seedlings.

At the end of January I will sow garden strawberries (both small-fruited and large-fruited). I want to diversify the varieties of this berry culture on my site. But you can sow it in February and even March. The lagging behind in summer fruiting will be insignificant.

In January, experts recommend sowing eustoma, as this flower culture has been developing for a long time. But its development can be hurried by increasing the humidity of the air, arranging for her a mini-greenhouse, creating greenhouse conditions for the flowers. In this case, eustoma can be sown in February, and it will catch up with the January seedlings.

Lavender should be sown in January as it requires lengthy stratification. The same applies to clematis and primroses, which can be sown in a bowl in the middle of winter and put on the snow (refrigerator) so that the seeds are exposed to cold temperatures.

In January, they also begin to sow pelargonium and balsam. They can be planted later, in February and March.