4 days from sowing on a windowsill: these are 2 different Cosmos sown in Homebase peat free compost.

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• Lyn Posts: 23,190

  April 2020

  Don’t discard them, you can wait until the first true leaves appear then wrap them around in a new pot,  (I had a photo thread on this a few years ago) bury almost down to the first leaves. Put them in a cold place now so they slow down.
  Monty Don sows his on the 1st of June for late summer flowers.  

  Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 
  
  

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• Mary370 Posts: 2,003

  April 2020 edited April 2020

  @kevincooper112 hi Kev, I sow my seeds in milk cartons, have great success with them.  Mini greenhouse until they germinate, then cut top off carton.......

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• kevincooper112 Posts: 30

  April 2020

  Thank you Nanny Beech, I am turning them every day and hoping the root system will develop enough to pot on.

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• kevincooper112 Posts: 30

  April 2020

  Hi Lyn, thanks for the suggestion, I have placed them in a cold frame to help slow them down first.

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• kevincooper112 Posts: 30

  April 2020

  Hi Mary, what a great idea, must try that one. 

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• Nanny Beach Posts: 8,719

  May 2020

  Milk cartons Mary, how the devil do you get compost and the seeds through the tiny hole, and dont they mind not having light?
  

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