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Has anyone successfully germinated seeds from rosehips?
On my way out of the allotment the other day I noticed that the birds haven't eaten all the rosehips as usual so picked a few. We have dogroses around the perimeter fence for security and as a bit of a windbreak. As we have a few gaps I thought I'd try to grow a few, with a view to planting out in the Autumn.
I've cleaned the seed from the hips - really sticky job and have a good pile of seeds. Now I can't decide whether to give them a cold spell in the fridge for a few weeks, as we've had no prolonged cold spells this winter, or just get on and sow them. I could put them in the heated propagator, windowsill, cold greenhouse, coldframe or outside. I could try some chilled and some not but I could send up with pots everywhere.
Ideas appreciated. No urgency...
On my way out of the allotment the other day I noticed that the birds haven't eaten all the rosehips as usual so picked a few. We have dogroses around the perimeter fence for security and as a bit of a windbreak. As we have a few gaps I thought I'd try to grow a few, with a view to planting out in the Autumn.
I've cleaned the seed from the hips - really sticky job and have a good pile of seeds. Now I can't decide whether to give them a cold spell in the fridge for a few weeks, as we've had no prolonged cold spells this winter, or just get on and sow them. I could put them in the heated propagator, windowsill, cold greenhouse, coldframe or outside. I could try some chilled and some not but I could send up with pots everywhere.
Ideas appreciated. No urgency...
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