Re: seed advice
Nancy Lowe wrote:
>
> I just got my first bunch of seeds in the mail for this year. (I always
> go overboard, for some reason, and swear I won't do it next year...Oh
> well!)
>
> Does anyone have any words of wisdom, sure-fire tricks, etc for growing
> the following from seed?
>
> Agapanthus
> Agastache cana
> Erigeron
> Lewisia cotyledon
> Penstemon barbatus
> Salvia x superba
>
> Nope, I don't know where I'll put them all (if they make it). I still
> have a half flat of heuchera that I started last year...
>
> Thanks!
> Nancy Lowe
> Arkansas, zone 7
Nancy:
I've grown Lewisia cotyledon from seed several times. It is
a multi-cycle germinator, I give them 6 weeks of cold
treatment before placing them at room temperature (cold
treatment = sow, water, then 6 weeks at about +4C in the
fridge). I've always had good germination with them.
Once they were the size of a quarter, I also recall they
had good growth spurts after fertilizing.
Glen in Regina, Canadian prairies, zone 3
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