Propagation
I ’m break down to be tracking my seed through from sowing to grown on . I ’ll make this a monthly affair I think , peradventure more frequent during the gaga period February to April time . As usual I have far too many seeds , with more on the means . Most will be sown next year but some are cook already , inseminate a few weeksago . Here is the state of play …
Not yet sow in .
A absurd and develop quantity , I wo n’t lean them ! They wo n’t be coming out to meet until the new yr .
Sown but not yet germinated
Aquilegia ‘ nora barlow’ . These were sown on the 10th of September . If I squinch I can see one germinated seed in the corner of the pot , and perchance the beginnings of some more poking through . Not enough to call them burgeon forth . Nemophila macualata ‘ five - spot ’ – also sow on 10th September , nothing doing in here yet . It ’s well over 30 days since sowing , the guidance is 21 days to sprouting , at 20 ° c , which is what they have in the heated terrace . I shall just wait .
Nigella on the left, calendula on the right.
Germinated , not yet pricked out
Poppy ‘ cherry swirl’ . Sown on 7th October , these have germinated quickly and are acquire tall , like wot poppy do . I ’ll necessitate to get them pricked out before I go on hols at the weekend . Lobelia tupa . Sown on 10th September , these have germinated but not in large numbers and still teeny , they can sit it out till I ’m back from vacation . If I had more time I ’d prick them out , they ’re big enough .
Aubretia ‘ empurpled shower ’ . sow on 10th September , there ’s a few poking their school principal up . I sow in plenty in here so I ’ll leave them be for a while longer , see what comes up .
Pricked out
Hollyhocks ‘ pulverization puff ’ & ‘ creme de cassis’These were sown on 10th September and pricked out a duet of week ago . They seem to be well-chosen enough .
Nigella – nice and unbent , nothing too vigorous , full crisscross for these , looking proficient .
Calendula ‘ blow princess ’ . These are looking a wee bit leggy , or at least some of them are . They are right by the window so they should be getting enough Christ Within . Maybe Idoneed to clean the spyglass
Coleus – As there were a lot of these , I pricked them out in modest groups into a half cum - tray rather than private locoweed . They seem all right .
grow on
Nigella on the left, calendula on the right.
sweet-smelling pea ‘ Solway Velvet ’ , ‘ Alan Titchmarch ’ & ‘ Geranium Pink’I may do another batch at the goal of the calendar month . I ’ve never been a great do - er of sweet peas , just never got around to it . On the rum function I ’ve tried , they did n’t do well for me , usually because I ’ve planted them somewhere daft , or through carelessness . I ’ve resolve to originate this pile in the veg beds , in effect as a cut - bloom harvest for the house . I ’ve sow in fall to get good bushy plant life quick to rock and wrap in the spring . They are still in the pots I sow them in , 5 per . They ’ll spend the wintertime in the cold - anatomy as they apparently prefer to be cool / cold . Per the advice , I ’ve pinched them out once , to boost branching and thus more stems , and more flowers . I call back something has been pick at them .
Well , that ’s the story seed - wise .
I ’ll be back in a calendar month with a squalid update .
NB the featured image is of the aubrieta , from the T&M internet site .
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