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Heuchera - W.S. heat prop kit, straggly seedlings
Posted by angophora1
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angophora1Updated still very straggly, long anf thi, with only a slight top leaf, encased in liquid... NOTHING like the few I have outside..??
Welcome Back and what worked out last year?
Posted by keriann_lakegeneva(5B WI/IL border)
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gree_knees(6a)Updated Did your calibrachoa from seed give you plants and what did the flowers look like?
fall sowing in a bed with spring bulbs?
Posted by arylkin(5b, south of Chicago)
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arylkin(5b, south of Chicago)Updated Thanks, that's good to know. :)
Garlic seed
Posted by ezramore(4)
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susanzone5(z5NY)Updated The best way to plant garlic is to take a whole bulb, break up the cloves, plant cloves in fall and harvest new bulbs the next summer. Removing the flower scape (stem) in spring will help the bulb put more energy into getting bigg...
Platycodon
Posted by vjrnts(zone 6, NY)
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evelyn_inthegarden(8NCAfoothills)Updated You could gather some seeds and start a few inside and then set the plants out in fall. Since you have not seen any self-sown seedlings then why waste the seeds? It seems as though the chances are slim if you sow them outside now.
vegetable seeds wont germinate S. Texas
Posted by jimigunne98
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susanzone5(z5NY)Updated How old are the seeds and how have they been stored? If they were in a hot and humid environment, they may not be good anymore. Are you planting them at the right depth for the seed? Can mice get to the seeds in the carport? Are t...
Question on Russian Mammoth Sunflower
Posted by AshleyG
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AshleyGUpdated Bummer. Pretty sure I'm gonna end up with a giant stem filled with leaves, it's only about a foot now if even that. I don't think it will grow fast enough before frost. Oh well, now I know for next year.
Ficus Benjamina seed or cutting
Posted by galasoneth(8b)
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zzackeyUpdated Try posting on the Plant Exchange. I used to grow them when I lived farther south. I put a foot long cutting in regular soil. They grow like crazy. Be careful where you plant them if you are putting them in the ground. They have h...
Germinating Michelia champaca?
Posted by tropicdude
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Saching556Updated First one is he raw seed of Michelia Champaka, and second one is the ripe one which is matured to the level of sowing.
marigolds
Posted by kayenta
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kayentaUpdated Thank you, I took a pic but I can't upload it, for some reason. I'll try again at some point.
plants seem to stop growing
Posted by slimak
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slimakUpdated Please let me know if I understand this correctly. PEAT MOSS- holds water and nutrients for plants, improves texture VERMICULITE- hold water, nutrients and air, minimizes soil temperature fluctuations PEARLITE-prevents soil compac...
How can I propogate Coreopsis flower?
Posted by artisticcheese(7)
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susanzone5(z5NY)Updated A flower has lots of seeds in it. Let the flower dry on the plant, then rub the seeds out. I think the best way to propagate this plant would be by dividing in half. That's if it's big enough. You might have to plant it and wait a...
Starting seeds in the summer
Posted by lisam625
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SouthCountryGuy Zone 4b-5 SE BCUpdated Lisam625, I agree, peat pots are terrible. If it was me I would sow them where you want them right now. Two reasons for this. First you are in a pretty mild climate. I bet most would survive if mulched. Second, most perennials don...
Oleander seeds true to parent?
Posted by GAV65
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GAV65Updated Maybe the sellers self-pollinated the flowers, and then covered the flower to prevent insect pollination?
Your local sewer plant has some great root starter! :)
Posted by wertach zone 7-B SC
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mori1(5b/6a)Updated Wertach, your experiment is not gross, if Susan knew what was in the river water then she would starve. The plants will filter a lot of the gross stuff but not all of it. Its not surprising that the tap water ones are suffering.
Seeds from this spring's poppies
Posted by ryseryse_2004
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susanzone5(z5NY)Updated Poppies don't transplant well. You can scatter them now or wait till spring when it's cold out and scatter them at that time. They do need cold to germinate, but the outdoor cold will serve that purpose. I always do them outdoors.
Kinkgo seedling - is it dying?
Posted by Sacnerd(9)
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calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated There is a point where a seedling turns from green to a brown stem, or a trunk in the case of a tree. With only a small area shown it is hard to tell if that is what is happening. Al
yellow flag iris seed pods
Posted by puddinnn
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morz8(Washington Coast Z8b)Updated First, this is considered an invasive species in several states, mine included. I don't know how many more may have been added in recent years but "Iris pseudacorus is reported as invasive in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, ...
American Ginseng grown from seeds and roots
Posted by chaman(z7MD)
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wertach zone 7-B SCUpdated You have done well! I tried to grow ginseng, many years ago, and I didn't have much luck.
English daisy/bellis-- easy to grow from seed?
Posted by DisplacedClevelander(6a)
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susanzone5(z5NY)Updated Also, they seem to like the cooler spring weather, so I'd start in very early spring and sow indoors under lights. I always spread the seed that the plants produce outdoors but I never have gotten germination that way.
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