The New Year is here, which means your garden will be able to come to life again. Even if it’s cold outside, you can plant these plants even in January. Take a look.
The new year has already started, and your garden can slowly wake up after its winter sleep. Of course, it’s frosty, cold and probably snowing outside, but really, even in these conditions there are plants that you can still sow. You can sow some directly in the garden, for some it is better to move the sowing to the greenhouse or even to the windowsill. So what can you sow in January?
You can find a YouTube video about sowing in January on the GARDEN FOR JOY channel:
What to sow in January
As for heat-loving plants, it is not recommended to sow them in the garden in winter, but this does not mean that you cannot carry out so-called pre-cultivation in a greenhouse or even on the windowsill at home. And the first vegetable that is offered for this is . Peppers need a longer period of growth, and by pre-growing them, you will have a better chance of obtaining a good and abundant harvest.
It is very similar with eggplant. Eggplant also requires a longer development time, so starting cultivation in January is ideal. The seeds need to be sown in a quality substrate, and the habitat needs to be a bright and warm place. The ideal temperature for eggplants is 20-25 degrees Celsius. A heated greenhouse or window sill seems to be the ideal choice to pre-grow eggplant in order to have a large and rich harvest.
You can also pre-grow certain herbs on the windowsill or in the greenhouse, one of them is, for example. It is important for sowing basil quality substrate, a dry place with enough light, as a habitat and the ideal temperature for sowing and growing basil is from 22-30 degrees Celsius. What is also important with basil is that you only need to water it gently at the beginning with a sprayer, otherwise the seeds could float away. The substrate should be moist but not wet. Unlike eggplant and peppers, basil will grow relatively quickly if you follow the right conditions.
What to sow in the garden
Can you sow some plants directly in the garden? This is very temperature dependent as most vegetables need at least 10 degrees Celsius to germinate. But if there’s one thing you can plant straight into the garden this winter, it’s winter onions. If the soil is not completely frozen, plant it deeper into the soil, for example 3-5 centimeters deep is idealto prevent frostbite. The soil should be well-drained and humous.
And the last plant from this imaginary list, which you may be able to plant even in January, is a legume called garden bean. Broad bean is a very hardy legume and can therefore handle really low temperatures and frosts, for example even -4 degrees Celsius. Again, however, it is necessary to sow it to a sufficient depth, which in this case is 5-8 centimeters.
