Seedlings

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  1. Blue Skies

    Blue Skies Apprentice Gardener

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    I'm new to gardening and love it!! I have planted lots of bought flowers this year and gathered seeds from some of them, but don't know how to propogate them. Any help would be appreciated, perhaps there is a good book on raising plants from seed?

    I have Bluebell seeds (my favourite), Acqualegia, Foxglove, Pansies, Snapdragons, one I'm not sure of, and Love in a Mist (my favourite as well).
    I know that bluebells usually come from bulbs, and the unknown plant did too, so perhaps I should sow the seeds for these now so that they will have time to form a bulb???
     
  2. Fran

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    Hi there and welcome.

    Bluebell, Aquilegia, Foxglove, plant now - sow on the surface of a damp seed compost. Keep moist and in a light place, but out of direct sun.

    The others, put in an envelope in a cool place for next year. The pansies are likely to be F1 hybrids, and are unlikely to come true from seed and possibly the snapdragons too.
     
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    Fran
    Thanks for advice on bluebells, Acquilegia and Foxglove. You say plant now, I assume I would overwinter them inside and plant them out perhaps March/April?
     
  4. Fran

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    Nope, plant them as soon as they are big enough to plant outside, ensuring the soil is moist. All three are hardy and will be fine over winter.
     
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    Hi and welcome blue skies from rosa
     
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