Sowing seeds early in the year is not without any risk; there is no sure-fire guarantee of success. I’d love to tell you there was, and that all your early sowings would work out, but I would be doing you a disservice. It is something that divides opinion. You’ll see social media flooded with cheery gardeners sowing seeds in January, while other experienced heads will tell you to wait, as they see early-season sowings as a folly.
The facts are that yes, you can sow seeds in January. Indeed, here on Homes & Gardens, we published recent articles on flowers you can sow in January and vegetables to sow in January. But in those articles, we explain that early sowings will require additional warmth and light to have any chance of germinating and developing into healthy plants.
