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Astilbe. how to grow it from seed?

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Posted by luckynes13 6a (My Page) on
Sun, Feb 7, 10 at 8:45

I have always wanted to grow astilbe,though it has never worked for me. This year I got some seed in a trade and would like to do it right.
Any advice please?

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RE: Astilbe. how to grow it from seed?

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I've had great success with Winter Sowing these. If you are not familiar with this method, simply head over to the Winter Sowing Forum and read the FAQs. I now have so many Astilbes that they have become a mainstay of my yearly plant sale. :O)

Here's a link to one of the discussions about winter sowing Astilbes with photos in the post.

Here is a link that might be useful: WSing Astilbe

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Hey Tiffy
I am a wintersower for the firsttime this year, basically because of you.
I just became a member of garden web last fall, a read a post of your plant sale and was inspired to grow my own perennials.

I decided to winter sow the astilbe, they are a lovely pink.
luckynes13 aka Agnes

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luckynes13 - I'm growing astilbe from seed for the first time this year too, and I'm winter sowing it. Let me know if you want more seeds--I have lots and lots still. Good luck to both of us!

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sure I would like some more, the more I plant the better chance of success I have. Thank you very much.

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I grew astilbe from seed last year. I bought a pack of seeds (from Thompson & Morgan, I think), sowed them on the surface of sterile seed starting mix and grew them under shop lights. I probably started them in mid to late February, 10-12 weeks before last frost date. Grew them under lights for about four to six weeks. When they had 3-6 leaves, I transplanted them into plastic cups and grew them in a windowsill with little direct sunlight for another month or so. Maybe they would have grown faster with more light but I have very little sunlight in my house and I wanted to reserve it for the plants that really needed it.

They were still very small when I planted them outside, but they were tough and grew slowly and steadily all summer, even in shade.

may try wintersowing some this year too.

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I sowed a packet of Astilbe seeds, but I made it to germinate only 4 of them!!!!!

I don't know what I am doing wrong. I sowed them in mid-January and today it's the first of March and these four seedlings are absolutely super tiny! It is going to be Spring soon here in Texas and I was hoping to plant them in the raised bed when it is going to be warm in about 10 days. I will do fine with 4 plants, but I do not want to lose them! What can I do to accelerate the growth?

  
 

 

 


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