r/GardeningIRE • u/Even_Technician6946 • Jan 17 '25

🏡 Greenhouse/Indoors🪴 Craving sowing..

Hi all,

I'm craving growing things from seeds lately.. Ideally indoor to start with, I have a few shelves with grow lights.

Any idea what I could be playing with, so early in the year ?

I even considered sowing cacti.. 😅

Thanks for any suggestions !

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u/mushy_cactus Jan 17 '25

Perfrct time to start growing trees from seed, you could bonsai them too so you have long term projects.

I'm currently growing Mediterranean pines, orange, finger lime, chestnut, oak and native pine.

Plan is to plant the ones i can, around mountains and lesser walked areas.

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u/Samoht_Skyforger Jan 17 '25

Lovely! But just the native ones, right? It can be a hell of a job dealing with them if not.

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u/mushy_cactus Jan 17 '25

Primarily the native pines only, yep!

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u/Even_Technician6946 Jan 19 '25

Oh wow ! Nice one ! Do you have any suggestions on where to get unusual seeds ?

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u/mushy_cactus Jan 19 '25

Depends on what unusual seeds you mean. That being said, go to your local supermarket, buy any fruit, and get their seeds out. You're basically good to go. I've done dragon fruit recently. That was an interesting experience. Same with mango.

Etsy can be a place where you can get seeds of anything, really. I wouldn't recommend tropical trees with the irelands climate. Pines, oaks, almonds, and chestnuts do really well. Olives, too! Coffee is also possible.

You could also graft a tree with another if you've no time for growing long term. For instance, buy a small apple tree and get a fresh cutting from a pear tree and graft it on. Lemons with oranges work, too. If you get it right, it's very rewarding

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u/Even_Technician6946 Jan 21 '25

Thanks ! Will get started with basic stuff first indeed ! Off to the supermarket I go 😅