Chiltern's Lottery Mix

Anyone having a go with any of them?

I have got lottery mix "cacti & succulents" and "greenhouse" mix. Could prove to be good fodda for the identification section!

 

I got a lottery mix last year, an haven't sown them yet - I'll be joining you in the ident section once I get mine going, Waco! Can't even remember what type of plant I got..... watch this space! :D

 

I grew the greenhouse lottery mix for the last two years, you get some interesting ones and some not so.
It all a bit of a lottery really. :rolleyes: :D

Just like to add, I dont think the germination rate is as high as it could be, have a guess that some of it is old seed.

 

I have had the perennial lottery mixture in the past and some seedlings did better than others. I think it is probably that different seeds want different germination conditions and so do the seedlings - difficult to control when they are all mixed up together. Identification is also fun.
Having said that, the ones I didn't accidentaly kill off are still doing well in the garden 10 years later.

 

you touched a worrying point, when to sow and under what conditions if you don't know what they are.

I am going to wait until things warm up and may be sow with gentle heat in late spring/early summer when I have got good stuff through.

They are not for nothing either!

oh and dendy - they won't germinate if you dont sow them

 

So true, Waco - I'll sow them this year, honest!!

 

Just to add to Pete's comment. If you look in the back of Chiltern's catalogue they say it is their policy to not keep seed for more than one season. Their surplus is put into the lottery mixes. That's not to say there is much wrong with older seed. Many seeds can remain viable for a number of years if kept properly.