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help with cleome from seed..wont germinate
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Posted by beaniebeagle (My Page) on Wed, May 7, 08 at 9:09
| any suggestions to help get cleome to germinate?
i am getting less than 5% germination
i know they can be a little slow, but this is disappointing |
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RE: help with cleome from seed..wont germinate
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| Like many native plants they need fluctuating temperatures. Direct sow in the fall or direct sow when temperatures day times are warm and cool off at night. Germination is from 10 to 20 days. Al |
RE: help with cleome from seed..wont germinate
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- Posted by alley 7b Ft. Worth, Tx (My Page) on
Wed, May 7, 08 at 9:57
| I read that they need some cold first. The thing I was reading said to put in the fridge for about a week or 2. I winter sowed mine (and didn't put in the fridge) and I think every seed germinated. Hope that helps. |
RE: help with cleome from seed..wont germinate
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| I did mine the wintersow method on Mar. 24th and by Apr. 17th I had about 60 percent germination...a few more popped up afterwards :D Vera |
RE: help with cleome from seed..wont germinate
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| I never could get cleome to germinate. I finally just bought some plants and they reseeded aggressively. |
RE: help with cleome from seed..wont germinate
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| I have never been able to get Cleome to germinate indoors (Like Al, I think my temperatures were too constant.) I finally just threw the seeds into the garden last March, and they came up all over the place. Go figure. Guess they thrive on neglect. MacThayer |
RE: help with cleome from seed..wont germinate
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| They definitely seem to need cold to germinate. I had great luck with them when I sowed early indoors in late winter--and bad luck indoors in mid-spring. Cold is the secret to germination, I think. |
RE: help with cleome from seed..wont germinate
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| If you were close, you could have mine! They are everywhere in my garden now! Made the mistake of planting them last year. Right up there with forget-me-nots on the list of self sown weeds as far as I am concerned. |
RE: help with cleome from seed..wont germinate
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The secret is constant moisture.
I threw some seed last summer (in the middle of June) into a self watering pot, small, already had basil growing in it just to see what would happen.
Forgot about them, and about a week later, I had huge spider flowers getting bigger than the basil.
My friend took them home and planted them in her sunny bed under her kitchen window, they grew 5 feet tall.
Just keep them constantly wet, or get a self watering container from Walmart for about 8.00 and plant the seed in that.
I don't have any more self watering containers left, I got rid of mine because I didn't like them.
Great for starting seed in though.
Good Luck! |
RE: help with cleome from seed..wont germinate
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Hi, I just picked the pods with seeds to try and start cleomes inside. I have been following the conversation and it is interesting. Can I just leave the seeds in an envelope and then 2 weeks before sowing, put them in the refrigerator or do they have to be cold longer? Also, when starting them indoors, what type of light do you use?
Thanks,
pasojanice_2009 |
RE: help with cleome from seed..wont germinate
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| Ive always just found a place in back of my borders and broadcast them ,then covered with just a bit of soil and tamped down.I plant mine when i plant most of my annuals, after frost is passed, the last week of april or first part of May.Ive never had a problem with them not germinating and they will toss seeds and you will see babies coming up in the following spring. |
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