Bulbs or seeds to plant today

[Janefx40]

Hello!

Am a total non gardener and would love to plant something today with my little girl. Maybe bulbs or seeds for veg?

Realise we may get more frost but any suggestions? Or should we wait?

Thank you x

We're just north of London so fairly south btw

You mean plant directly outside today? Er, strawberry plants, potatoes.
Onion sets.

There must be loads more: other people will have suggestions.

Stuff like beetroot, radish, chard?

Carrots if you have sandy soil and will keep them watered.

You could put some compost in a toilet roll and then plant some sunflower seeds and keep inside until they have 4+ leaves then plant out.

Loads of summer bulbs in the shops now, see what you fancy in the supermarket.

Do you want to plant something outside or do you have a windowsill where you can grow on seedlings? With a small child I’d stick with something that will grow fast. Honestly you can’t. Go far wrong with cress or other micro greens: they grow fast and you can eat them straight away. Actually pea shoots could work too.
Otherwise:
if you have indoor space to grow things on and then plant out later, tomatoes are a good shout now. Go for a cherry tomato and you’ll get loads of fruit. Easy to look after (grown in pots of grow bags) and fun to pick
if you want to plant outdoors, you could try strawberry plants from the garden centre. Again easy and satisfying
or in terms of flowers it’s a decent time to plant cornflowers or calendulas which will give you loads of flowers and attract pollinators.

beetroot or rocket might take outside, depending what the weather does. I wouldn’t bother with carrots - they are weirdly hard to grow!

Thank you everyone! Appreciate the suggestions.

Good call about something quick growing too and especially like the pea shoots idea x

What did you decide on in the end?

I planted some nasturtiums seeds outdoors today.

I use a pencil and push down around an inch and pop the seed in and loosely cover.

www.rhs.org.uk/education-learning/gardening-children-schools/family-activities/grow-it/grow/nasturtium

@TinyMouseTheatre we picked up some bulbs and seeds at Tesco and just planted some ranunculus that said they could go out in March. I know they may not do too well but it was a nice activity with my DD and the toddler got involved too. We left the rest to do in a couple of weeks.

I'm up for the idea of pea shoots indoors but need to buy some seeds!!

Tomato seeds can be planted now. If you're looking for seeds try to look for patio and blight resistant