The Flower Seed Sowing Thread 2015 - 2018

[Guest]

Got the hump about summin and ended up sowing another 10 trays (I also bought some more seeds I needed the therapy ). Can't fit much more in.

Gomphrena
Didiscus - Lacy Mix
Nigella - Transformer
Perennial Teasel
Aster - Milady Mix
Venidium - Zulu Mix
Strawflower - White
orach - red plume
amaranth - pony tails
clary - blue leaved

[Guest]

cress

yep, I am on the right thread. It was strange sowing this in cells to get proper plants. Only time will tell if I will regret it.

[burnie]

Just sowed some Sunflower, Scabious and Mesum...........Mesem..........Livingstone Daisies

[mothhawk]

Popped into the GC for some vermiculite and came out with a packet of lupin seeds too, and some of those cardboardy fibre type pots to try. Gosh they were a bit flimsy when I'd filled them with compost, sowed the seeds and watered them. But I'm trying out ways of not using plastic pots. I reckon egg boxes are sturdier.

Forgot to say, what I sowed was annual lupin - should flower this year. They came up in 3 days so went outside so they grow up tough. No sissies in my plot!

[burnie]

I love native wild flowers and one that likes my soil is Ox eyed daisy, sowed half a tray to fill in some gaps.

[burnie]

Also forgot to say I've planted some Sweetpeas in a hanging basket, curious to know how they'll do(I have also planted some garden peas in another one).

[Martin H]

Also forgot to say I've planted some Sweetpeas in a hanging basket, curious to know how they'll do.

Nice idea! I've got some spare sweetpea plants and nowhere to put them. Hopefully they will grow both downwards and upwards.

[Guest]

Forgot to say, what I sowed was annual lupin - should flower this year. They came up in 3 days so went outside so they grow up tough. No sissies in my plot!

Is there a variety name? I haven't heard of annual lupins

Sowed annual foxglove - dalmation peach

[Aberdeenplotter]

Is there a variety name? I haven't heard of annual lupins

Neither had I till this year but I saw them in the GC and since they are a short growing variety - 16" - I decided I was having them. Super fast germination with them as well. variety Pixie Delight from Mr Fothergills. The seed packet says seedlings normally appear in 14 -28 days so I was very surprised to see them after 3 days.

[Bren In Pots]

Sunflowers and nasturtiums.

[mothhawk]

Is there a variety name? I haven't heard of annual lupins

They are T&M, which I seldom buy as I have poor germination rates from their seeds, but I saw them in a GC and liked the look of them. Impulse buying again....

They are called "Avalune mixed" - a hardy dwarf annual lupin with bicolour flowers. 20 seeds in the packet, 11 have germinated. I'm hoping I can save seeds from them for next year.

Aha! A search reveals that Mr F sells them too Lupin Avalune Bicolour Mix from Mr Fothergills Seeds

edit - darn it, there are 30 seeds in his packet, and I bet they all germinate too. Wish I'd seen them first.

[mothhawk]

Sowed echium, 2 lots of aquilegia, scarlet flax, blue flax, phlox, alyssum, Californian poppy, and nigella.

[It never rains..it pours]

Primula denticulata do well here, would say better than daffs for display over year so sowed 100 seeds, 5 seeds approx (as hard to see) into 20 x 7.5cm pots with MPC firmly pressed down & soaked, then sprinkled seeds on top and lightly rubbed soil to cover. Put on trays and covered in cling film in a spot indoors that ranges 14c to 19c roughly and is semi light.
Does the above sound correct or should anything be changed please ?

[mothhawk]

Primulas need light on the seeds to germinate them. I generally sprinkle the seeds on the surface of compost and then sprinkle thin layer of vermiculite over them and enclose the pot in a plastic bag or put under a prop lid. Once watered, the vermiculite keeps them moist but lets the light through.

[It never rains..it pours]

Thank you for the reply mothhawk, I have them in the garage (temperature less variable) next to a window for light, does that sound about right ? The seed has swollen, I can now easily see them