Re: Very excited about startind seeds 'under lights', but need help
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- Subject: Re: Very excited about startind seeds 'under lights', but need help
- From: D* M*
- Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 05:25:26 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Very excited about startind seeds 'under lights', but need help
I realize that digitalis (foxgloves) grow easily up here in the
Pacific Northwest, but would like to start a bunch from seed. Do I
sprinkle them over my damp soil-less stuff (vermiculite, perlite,
peat), aand cover with the plastic dome and set under lights for 12
hours a day? Heating underneath? Help please.
Lorraine
White Rock, B.C. Canada
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As you know, Digitalis is a common weed here in the PNW. Yes it has it
beauty in our perennial garden or where ever you want it to grow.
This is what I do; Walk outside to the spot which you want your
foxgloves to grow and just throw your seeds in that area. Lightly
rake the soil and walk on it a few times.
What I really do is just cut off the plant at the base and keep it up
right without spilling any seeds. HA what a joke... you will lose a
few hundred here or there... and when you get to your spot of
interest, just shake the plant all over the place. Your seeds will go
everywhere in that area. In two years, you will see your digitalis.
Once you have shaken the plant full of seeds, just toss the plant in
that area so the UN-open pods can open at a later date releasing the
seeds. You could take the plant and toss it somewhere else so the
seeds can be release there.
Don't forget, foxgloves are biannual.
Here is another more serious process per my germination homepage.
http://www.backyardgardener.com/tm.html You should bookmark this page.
Species => Digitalis
Type: Hardy Perennial
Sow : Late Winter/Late Spring and Late Summer/Autumn
Type: Hardy Biennial
Sow : Late Spring/Early Summer
Germination Days: 15-20
Germination Temp: 60-65
Light/Dark: Light - Do not cover tray with newspaper, brown paper, etc.
Media: Peaty
Sow Depth : Surface - Sow on the surface and do NOT cover with compost.
Comments: Can be sown in situ.
Situ - These seeds can be sown outdoors. Moist soil worked down to a
fine tilth is essential. For hardy annuals and perennials sowing can
be carried out from late winter onwards as soon as the ground is
workable and has warmed up and half hardy annuals after all danger of
frost is passed.
Mix your seeds with dry sand and place them in a salt shaker. Then
sprinkle the seeds onto your media.
Duncan
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