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| Is there a way to keep spiderwort from growing into "Cousin It", as my daughter and I call it?
Had beautiful ruffled peach hollyhocks last year and no sign of them this year. Also posted to Seed forum, but no reply: None of the almost a pint of harvested lablab stored properly and soaked, has germinated. Any advice? |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Fri, May 25, 12 at 15:07
| When your spiderwort looks ratty, just cut it down to a few inches, it will grow back looking better. I mow around the ones in the yard usually, but when they get ugly, I just mow everything. |
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| Hollyhocks are a biennial or short lived perennial. You need to plant seeds each year to keep the patch going. The seeds are big and easy to collect and grow from your plant. I just poke my finger to dent the soil, drop in a seed and brush a little dirt back over it. Very easy, no fuss. |
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| About your Dolichos lablab... Did you put the seeds in plastic? If they were put in plastic before being thoroughly dry, they will not germinate. Beans often look dry and are not. A good test for storage is to take a hammer to one on a hard surface like a driveway. If it smushes, it is not dry enough. If it shatters, it is dry enough for plastic or for freezing when doing long term storage. I prefer to just store in a cool dark and dry spot in paper. If that was not the problem, how long did you soak the seeds? It is possible they were soaked too long. I've heard of soaking before planting, but I know if left too long it can be detrimental. I personally started them this year in pots outside once the weather was warm, and I did not soak them. I had no germination problems. Other than that, I have no guesses as to why you had trouble. Remy |
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| ???? I have never heard of lablab, and a google search indicates that it is a food crop in Africa and Asia - what do you do with it? Ornamental? Dinner? Jan |
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- Posted by clematisintegrifolia Los Osos, CA zone 17 (My Page) on Wed, May 30, 12 at 6:07
| It is quite ornamental. Purple pea flowers and beautiful big purple pods. |
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- Posted by happygardener_2006 (My Page) on Wed, May 30, 12 at 8:14
| Thanks all for the info. I think I may have oversooked. The seeds were harvested from Botainical seeds originally. Have them trellesed over the deck slider and they were gorgeous. Waiting for them to dry on the vine was a messy and tortures thing!! Have a few seeds left and will try the paper towel, plastic bag. Wish I had Remy's advice on the smashing, as some were so dry I tossed them!! As for the hollyhocks, did save seed and will plant them. Thanks all, again |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Wed, May 30, 12 at 11:09
| Once you plant hollyhock seeds two years in a row, you should have a self-seeding patch. By lablab, I was assuming hyacinth bean vine. It's been so long since I grew them, I didn't feel like I had anything helpful to say... Next time I find some seeds, I will be ready to save any seeds my plants make (thanks to Remy!) |
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