Leeks, toms and peas ...

As mentioned in a previous the post, the leeks (sown on the 1st Feb) have not germinated  very well. So far, we only have 32 seedlings out of about 150 seeds sown:

Of course, we might get a few more plants but I'm not taking any chances so I've sown another tray of approx 100 seeds. In contrast, the onion seed that was sown on the same day is having a fabulous time:

Some more plants have appeared over the last few days. The tomato seed sown just four days ago is looking very promising and already beginning to germinate. Marmande is in the lead, with all three seeds having germinated. Gardeners delight is next with two seedlings followed by one seedling of each of the other varieties (sun baby, garden pearl, money-maker).

Finally, since the weather is so nice today (11 degrees) I have decided to start off some peas in loo rolls squeezed into miniature cup-cake trays:

These are Hurst Greenshaft - an early variety. I have put these into our plastic grow-house outside. It will be interesting to see how long these take to germinate!