My Nicotania seedlings have been fab this year. I have had about 50. I’ve planted and given away loads. The biggest and most successful ones – by many inches – are the ones I’ve grown in an old wooden drawer. Why?

They have benefitted from being in the greenhouse but they are about twice as big as the ones I”ve grown in pots. They also started small – I planted the best ones in pots and the smallest ones in here. My theory … FWIW which isn’t much – is that it’s the wood! Beneficial fungi in the wood were ready to start with all their special mycelium business and that’s what’s made them so strong…