Thanks everyone for your advice. I'm in Lancashire, Northwest. My plot is in pretty good condition, but clay so a bit heavy. apparently it was never cultivated and covered most of the last few years. Its a relatively new site, brand new about 5 years ago so maybe not as many nasties about. I'll sort...

Hi, I was hoping for some advice on seed sowing/ germination. I have only just got my new allotment plot beginning of June and playing catch up. I am trying to sow things to get going but so far it's been awful. I have had so many failed trays of seeds . Then it's what do you do with the compost ? r...