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Sowing Lunaria seeds.
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linnea56 z5 IL (
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Mon, Sep 10, 12 at 13:56
| I got a nice lunaria (moneyplant) in a trade last year, that has white edges and a brilliant magenta flower color. I collected some of the seeds, though half had come out of the pods before I noticed.
To ensure I get this plant again, how should I sow the seeds I collected? I know it is a biennial, but that is all I know.
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RE: Sowing Lunaria seeds.
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MaYBE we can find a very recent post from someone who's having terrible regrets about lunaria. There may be one for a year, but you may be heading for trouble. Not the answer you were looking for, but the writer was one unhappy gardener.
idabean |
RE: Sowing Lunaria seeds.
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| If half had already "escaped", you will probably have volunteers. I've never direct sown them, but have had good results with Winter Sowing |
RE: Sowing Lunaria seeds.
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I apologize for over reacting. The post I referred to was about chinese lanterns.
Marie |
RE: Sowing Lunaria seeds.
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I apologize for over reacting. The post I referred to was about chinese lanterns.
Marie |
RE: Sowing Lunaria seeds.
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| Honesty/money plant does self-seed, but not obnoxiously in my opinion. I'm always glad to see a few extra plants. |
RE: Sowing Lunaria seeds.
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| Mine reseeds like crazy, but I like it. Just have to keep it from crowding its neighbors. Are you trying to get more plants with the same white edges? Not sure that genetic variation would get passed to the seedlings. Winter-sowing is an easy way to sow seeds from a particular cultivar or plant. |
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| I have read a lot on here about winter sowing, but even though I bought trays to do it, getting outdoors in February never seems to happen! My path to the backyard is a major mudpit in winter. I will have to hope for volunteers, and maybe sow some of my saved seeds as early as I can get out there. |
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| I take the dried seedpods and shake them all over the place (I live in a clearing in the woods). The plants self seed, too, and grow where they are comfortable, usually at the edge of the woods or a building/wall, facing a light area. I pull out the ones that I don't want...very easy to do. I love the pink color in spring when not much else is blooming. Lovely. |
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| Plant the seeds now, I don't know if they will get big enough to bloom next year but sometimes even very small seedllings of money plant will flower come springtime. You can wait until winter or spring and they will sprout fine then, but theres no chance they will bloom that year and they'll just sit there taking up space till next spring. They won't get the variegation until next year but they should seed true as long as there aren't any plain green ones nearby to cross with. |
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