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Bells of Ireland: no germination
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ladyrose65 6bNJ (
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Mon, Apr 30, 12 at 20:44
| Has anyone in my zone or close to my zone, been able to get these seeds to germinate. I got like 3 containters, 2 WS'd and the third spring sowed. I tried these last year, got no germination. What is the deal with this flower? |
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RE: Bells of Ireland: no germination
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| Hi...I'm in zone 5 but I had success sowing these. I sowed them at the end of February. I didn't soak or stratify and barely covered the seeds. I noticed 3 little sprouts towards the very end of March. Now at the end of April I have 4 more tiny sorouts in the same jug. Unfortunately I didn't think to record the number of seeds sown so I can't be certain of the germination percentage. Seems weird that they would sprout so far apart but maybe there is hope for yours?? Good luck...I hope you have success. They are such beautiful flowers! HTH, Kimber |
RE: Bells of Ireland: no germination
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| I tried them a few times. I got some sprouts but very low germination. They fried when hot summer weather came. I got a (very) few volunteers. Maybe they'd do better with direct seeding, but I don't know. Not the best plant for this area anyway, as they don't like it hot. Karen |
RE: Bells of Ireland: no germination
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| I WS'd three jugs and have not one single sprout. |
RE: Bells of Ireland: no germination
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| I would like to thank you all for your responses. I think these jugs are going into the mish-mash pile. |
RE: Bells of Ireland: no germination
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| ladyrose, if you dump it in a flower bed, you might get some sprouts. Karen |
RE: Bells of Ireland: no germination
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| I have trouble with these also. Two years ago I had no germination. I had some germination last year - like three sprouts - and got a few blooms, but nothing great - although the problems with the blooms was probably due to my neglect after they germinated, not any weakness of their own! This year, nothing. I was all excited about a few sprouts in the jug, but they turned out to be weeds. Sigh. I think these are going the way of KMOTGG for me, unfortunately! And yes, definitely dump the jugs in a flower bed - you just never know! Dee |
RE: Bells of Ireland: no germination
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RE: Bells of Ireland: no germination
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Those Bells of Ireland are easy as pie to germinate outside in the beds in our area. They get a little mildewy looking so make sure air is around them.
J |
RE: Bells of Ireland: no germination
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| I had only 2 germinate in my container - but I planted the whole container into a large pot, and just now am seeing 3 more seedlings. I think it's a bit finicky, and comes up in spurts. |
RE: Bells of Ireland: no germination
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| The only thing that has come up in mish-mash is Zinnia's and Sunflowers. I'm hoping something will show. |
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