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helleborus from seed
Posted by sheryl_ontario(Muncho Lake, BC z2)
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morz8(Washington Coast Z8b)Updated sheryl, you've sown them in pots already and your plan sounds fine. Just as a space saving step, I'll often put them into a tiny ziplock with about a tsp of moist vermiculite (will easily accomodate 40 or so seeds) and leave that ...
Zenith Time Lapse Part 2
Posted by vreed01
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yiorges-z5ilUpdated THANKS
old seed
Posted by sheryl_ontario(Muncho Lake, BC z2)
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yiorges-z5ilUpdated depends on how stored.... if cool dark, dry then yes... go ahead & try
passion flower and canna help
Posted by katsgarden864(7b)
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sheryl_ontario(Muncho Lake, BC z2)Updated I have also had success growing cannas from seed but the seed is very hard. I finally found a way to put a small hole in the seed, after trying EVERYTHING! I held the seed in one hand with needle nose pliers and pressed it hard ag...
Bird Seed
Posted by sentrase(CA - zone 17)
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sheryl_ontario(Muncho Lake, BC z2)Updated I tried to grow seed for my chickens this year. I planted millet, amaranthus, poppies, flax and sunflowers. The only one that came up were the sunflowers. The local groundhog ate them all when they were about 4" tall. I know ...
bitter lettuce
Posted by bluebonnet_fields(6)
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yiorges-z5ilUpdated "Bitter lettuce" is either Lactuce virosa, L. canadennis, L. serriola its a wild lettuce..... called divlja salata or otrovna locika in Croatan or laktouke e toxike in Greek. Common garden lettuce is less bitter than wil...
Amaranthus Seedling Help Needed
Posted by medievalwoman
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evonnestoryteller(5-6)Updated I am in CT so my hot weather is a lot different than yours in FL. However, I grow Love Lies Bleeding every year. It never does much here until it gets hot. I also plant them in the ground because they get taller than me.
Growing Castor Beans from my own seeds
Posted by flora2(7)
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wally_1936(8b)Updated Clover is wonderful I can't understand why anyone wouldn't enjoy the flowers as well as the smell. We don't have clover, what we have here is something that looks like clover but put on burrs and need to be killed before it gets s...
Lavender from seed
Posted by kimmeed
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kiddo_1(NE OH 5)Updated I WS'd 2 types of lavenders this past winter: True/English and Dwarf Munstead. The English sprouted well and I got over 60 sprouts. They are now sturdy little plants about 6" across. The Munstead didn't sprout as well and wer...
sedum seed viability
Posted by dvdaurora(5a-5b)
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woody64(5a)Updated does anyone have any sedum cuttings or seed to sell?
Name of Seed Company
Posted by eclecticats(6)
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avid_gardenerUpdated Most national seed companies (like Ferry-Morse) sell under a couple of brand names. My experience is may have to visit the top name website and look around a while to get all the names they sell under.
ideal Zinnia soil requirements
Posted by avid_gardener
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avid_gardenerUpdated Burpee packaged seed. Sell it at Lowe's and Home Depot around here. I don't know if they sell it on their website though. They do have Dahlia bloom form listed though, I'll include the link ~ rather expensive. I prefer the single ...
Mail Order Seeds
Posted by species
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calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated I have been well satisfied with the seeds and service from Hazzard Wholesale Seeds. Over 7000 varieties stocked and you can buy in resonable quanties. One day order filling in most cases. Al
Where can I find trays (w/ no holes)?
Posted by ms_minnamouse(7a)
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jpagliaiUpdated I bought a couple at Lowes
polyembrionic Mango seedling... how/when separate?
Posted by stefpix(6b NY [Brooklyn NY])
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geoforce(z7a SE PA)Updated This is a common thing in citrus seeds also. Most of the citrus embryos are parthenocarpic and not from pollination so they are identical to the mother plant genetically. I would suspect that only one of your seedlings is a true p...
apple trees from seed, dieing at 2 inches ?!
Posted by acclyde
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geoforce(z7a SE PA)Updated depends on the apples i guess. I used to do a lot of grafting and would raise abour 200 seeds from Golden Delicious apples each winter to graft onto (very uniform and sturdy seedlings). Never had many problems with them. Stratify ...
Advisable to save seed of non-organic heirloom tomatoes?
Posted by pogonip
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trudi_dUpdated Organic is only a means of growing. It has no effect upon genetcs.
Anybody interested in some Banrot?
Posted by ms_minnamouse(7a)
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goblugal(7)Updated Well done morz8.
lotus seed
Posted by smurfy_grower(6)
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yiorges-z5ilUpdated Best bet is to try the seed exchange forum
Seed Garden Revolution Question
Posted by jewelgirl04(NJ 7)
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sylviatexas1Updated Irises will likely remain evergreen, & being perennial, they return year after year. Moving them often sets them back, & transplanted irises sometimes don't bloom for 1 or more years, but *that doesn't mean they are undera...
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