I've brought the potted plant back inside the greenhouse and I notice that there are a few seedlings growing in the gravel at the base. If I pot these on now will they do anything or should I leave them until the spring? It's in the top of a strawberry planter with sempervivums below and I'm thing about taking it apart and repotting for next year anyway.
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I planted two of these earlier this year at the top of a sleeper retaining wall and one has grown much bigger than the other. I've put a seed tray of compost on the slate mulch path beneath in the hope that some seeds will drop off, do you think this will work? And should I leave it there all winter or put it in the greenhouse?
I'm sorry, Lizzie - didn't see your post. If there are going to be seedlings, they are probably there by now so you could put the tray in an unheated GH and see what you get in spring.
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Wild Edges - I posted on this topic in April when my year-old EK plants around the edges of my sunny raised beds failed to show any new growth. Following advice on the RHS site, I'd cut them right back the previous late autumn. As advised on here in April, it could have been a bit early so I left it another month until May, but there were still no signs of life - so I replaced them with new plants and will follow Fire's advice this year, i.e. leave them alone over winter and cut them back in spring. Time will tell whether they survive - fingers crossed! Good luck with yours!
Raisingirl, I did put the tray of EK in the unheated greenhouse a week or so ago and noticed today what might be very tiny seedlings coming through, so will wait and see!
I recommend you leave them be. They will be far too fragile at this stage. In my opinion, the best time to dig these seedlings up and move elsewhere is in the growing season from late spring to early autumn when they are growing quickly. They establish better.
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“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”