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zone 5a or colder folks and salvia question
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v1rtu0s1ty Zone 5a, Northern IL (
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Mon, Oct 18, 10 at 22:13
| When do you ws salvia, mid March or April? Or do you get more germination success rate when sowing it indoors? |
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RE: zone 5a or colder folks and salvia question
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| I have ws perennial salvia in March, April and May and had excellent germination with all. Salvia containers are filled with seedlings. Annual salvias are ws in April or started inside, not for better germination but for earlier bloom. |
RE: zone 5a or colder folks and salvia question
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| Neil, annual or perennial? Karen |
RE: zone 5a or colder folks and salvia question
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| I just had to put my 2 cents in, Even though I am in a warmer zone. For my salvia blue bedder I started it here in March 3 years ago which I bought the seeds as a perennial. Wonderful cottage garden plant!! For my salvia victoria I started about the same time which is suppose to be an annual here. It comes back every year!! More of an accent plant. Each bloomed the same year though my victoria took off a little faster than the blue bedder. They both reseed and on wintersown.org I saw something where salvia can be winter sowed. |
RE: zone 5a or colder folks and salvia question
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salvia darcyi
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| I recently bought salvia darcyi seeds which I think our annuals in my area. |
sowing it
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| I've read that when sowing annual salvias, they have to be surface sowed. Do we just have to drop the seeds on the potting mix or do you press it lightly so that it gets good contact with the soil? |
i'm soo embarrassed
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| another question. What's the cheapest way to build a heating pad? |
RE: zone 5a or colder folks and salvia question
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| Neil, I usually sow Yvonne's salvia around late March or early April here in my zone 6. I did them inside under lights once, sown in mid or late February. They didn't bloom much sooner and didn't get any taller than WSown ones. I had poor results WSing last year, Yvonne's salvia got 3 sprouts out of 2 jugs. Nothing else did great, either. My Yvonne's salvia volunteers did much better than the WSown ones. Karen |
RE: zone 5a or colder folks and salvia question
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| Rope light bottom heat. I used it two years ago when I was just flirting with WSing. Now, the pieces have been tossed out of reconditioned for other uses. I don't start seeds inside anymore, not even tomatoes. |
RE: zone 5a or colder folks and salvia question
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| based from your experiences, I will just continue on wsing :) Thanks!!! |
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