Don't Miss Out: Sow These Seeds in Late Spring

For more crop ideas to explore this moth, check out this video next:

For more on how to grow carrots and their companions, such as spring onions, see this video:

This month, it's not such a question of 'what can I sow now?' but 'what can't I sow now?' With so much choice, where do we start?! In this week's episode Ben chooses some of his favorite crops to get started now. There's something for everyone, whether you like to gobble your greens, rave for roots or prefer perennials.

And if a deep dive into germination is your thing, this seed starting masterclass will be useful:

[cristicion]

I want your show to be played in schools. You make gardening beautiful and sweet. Kids will love you and cultivate a love of gardening.

[dengueberries]

You have the same charm and production quality of a leading gardening channel on BBC. I wish this were more widely known. Much love & happy growing ❤

[jagibaba]

I want to take this opportunity thank you for all you do. I am only a beginner gardener and I find your shows incredibly entertaining, but what I find even more amazing is how clear and straight to the point they are. So many experienced gardeners either assume you somehow already know all the basic details, or they find it absurd to talk about basic stuff like that, but to me it makes SUCH a huge difference in how motivated and confident feel with everything. I especially appreciate you showing so much things as well, not only talking about ir. Thank you so much.

[samanthasmorong]

“Until all risk of frost is gone” aka end of May for me lol love watching these videos to give me hope in a few months!

[wynniebun]

Gosh, I love your voice! That and your warm but energetic demeanor make all of your videos a joy to watch.

[kristinanoall]

1:29 Yes!! This is my first time sowing indoors under grow lights, and some of the seedlings came up within just a couple of days! It made me absolutely giddy! 😂

[looneygardener]

I am shocked at how quickly my Calabrese seeds germinated. Three days, and their little heads were peeking through the soil. Always exciting! Apparently doesn't take much to make my heart beat faster. 😊

[CoenCoenNL]

I sewed my squash in the poorest soil section of my garden, in near-yellow sand, just for the hell of it, and they produced the most. It was insane.

[Firevine]

Man, I LOVE broccoli stems. I first tried them sauteed up in just olive oil, with a bit of salt and black pepper. Super simple, and just the slightest bit of color on them. Delicious. I'll blanch them in stock, then blend that with some parm reg or pecorinno romano and a bit of cream to make a pasta sauce. Works great with italian sausage and a nice chunky pasta. I'd been wasting them all these years. My mom always just tossed them out, so I didn't know they were edible until the past few years.

[Pulsedramatic]

Hi Ben, it is the pointy end of the seed that you stick into the soil (standing up) and it is the pointy end as well where you should make that little clip. Enjoy watching all your gardening shows. Blessings from Aus.😊

[vanessataylor]

Thank you Ben, Sunday morning wouldn’t be Sunday morning without your cheerful encouragement and advice (along with a cup of coffee).

[hallucinogen]

the patience and will power is quite admirable in gardeners

[oceansoul]

What a lovely "Welcome in Spring" video! I'm so happy to see you planting asparagus the correct way, I planted it 26 years ago and it's still going strong, wonderful exquisite taste and over the years I've only lost 4 plants out of 30. You've inspired me to get out into my garden this morning and hoe-up the weeds and fertilize that bed before our snow storm rolls in. You are such a great teacher Ben! Thank You!

[mermarseo]

Last week I had pickling cucumbers germinate in 48 hours! It's a good thing I was impatient and took a peak so early!

[carolinemorgan]

I absolutely love broccoli leaves, which are very similar to kale, but I find slightly sweeter.

[Stu-Vino]

I'm holding back a little this year after planting everything way too early in previous years and running out of room indoors. Chilli seeds are starting to germinate (finally), and will reduce the number of courgette plants in our bed, after they took over the whole plot last year.
Those asparagus roots look sinister - rather like those spiderbots in Minority Report!

[fionnaheller]

Thank you for sharing your experience with us. As a tip for those it may help, I contain my pots or seed tray etc in those plastic underbed style boxes so that I can put the lid on overnight and protect the young seedlings from cold, mice and slugs etc. It also frees up the never-enough staging shelves for the less vulnerable plants as these can stand on the bed. For my more vulnerable plants - tomatoes aubergines corn and so on I add a layer of bubble wrap under the lid. It may be only useful for those in cooler climates and more rural settings [mice!] - I do envy you your weather.

[rockymountaindiva]

"A bit of a faff"! Love your expressions along with your heart-warming enthusiasm and excellent advice, Ben!

[Victoriacariad]

Brasicca botherers 😂

I only started getting into growing last year...and my parents garden isn't very sunny or well drained.

But I've got a space for a cheap plastic greenhouse for my tomatos, sunflowers have sprouted and I'm getting a raised bed to try and grow carrots 🥕🥕

[Crovea]

Alternative asparagus plan:
I planted asparagus seeds in a pot last spring. It took MONTHS of warm indoor spot before they sprouted. By winter i moved them inside where i have some cheap grow lights and the original stems died off but new ones quickly came up and its now starting to flower. Plan to move the pot outside soon.
I suspect i skipped an entire year worth of waiting this way