Sowing tonight on my bedroom window sill! I already filled the pots and have left them indoors to warm up.

Thanks Elaine, I guess living so far north I need to disregard the instructions. last year it would have maybe been June, and I thought I was late. We live and learn.

Alan yes thank you...I did as the seed packets said...mistake!
I bought new seeds today and am planting tonight and we will see.

there are a number of possibilities. did the plants come straight out of a warm greenhouse into a cold wet windy garden? they do better if the pots are put out by day and insde at night for a few days to harden them off. even so with cold wet windy weather its possibly still too chilly to plant cuc...

First of all hi! I'm new here and new to gardening. Last year i grew a few courgettes and a couple of cucumbers...no problems! I literally chucked them into the ground and enjoyed the produce! This year I took more care, prepared the soil and added manure and all the good things. I planted out my co...