Get set, sow – it's time to start growing vegetables | Alys Fowler

It’s not too early to start chillies, tomatoes, leeks and more

Ready, steady, grow. It is time to start sowing. There’s no rush just yet; this is a gentle start. The only things worth sowing now are chillies, peppers, aubergines and tomatoes, as well as celeriac, brussels sprouts, sprouting broccoli, summer cauliflowers, celery and leeks.

Essentially, it’s time for either warm-climate vegetables that need to be well established by the beginning of summer to fruit, or long-season vegetables that need plenty of time to fatten up. The toms, chillies and aubergines do best under a heated propagator. All of them will do better under grow lights if you don’t have bright conditions. Outside, you’ll be able to get away with broad beans, hardy peas and perhaps parsnips – providing you fleece over after sowing if the conditions look anything less than favourable.

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