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nasturtium

srdsrd Posts: 34
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Advice on collecting their seeds and when best to sow please
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  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    Hi - Now is a good time.  
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I always buy fresh seed, as they often cross, but they're also best sown direct in spring/early summer. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    @Fairygirl and @philippasmith2    Mine were in full force around mid-June, then finally died off about mid/end July.  They resurrected about  3 weeks ago - self seeded and are going great guns!!  This photos is from mid-June.
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I deadhead constantly to stop seed forming anyway.  :)
    One pot still has some, but the other one was done a wee while ago 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • srdsrd Posts: 34
    Great thanks
    so if I plant the seeds I have collected now, may they come again this year or should I wait till spring - I’m in the north east but weather has been amazing 
  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    @srdonkin   Well that is for the gardeners further Norf than me.  Not the same climate, but still the same gardening problems!!

    Frankly, I don't expect my nasturtiums to go much further than Christmas, once the nights down here get cold.  
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    You could always eat some of them😊
    Also, they'll probably sow themselves anyway.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Anna33Anna33 Posts: 316
    I generally find that once you've got nasturtiums, they drop so much seed that you've got them for life.  :) Luckily they are one of my favourite plants for this time of year, such a pop of colour. I have only ever seeded them once, it was probably spring, but no special sowing conditions and they came straight up. I've even got some flowering away in a shady corner, unexpectedly.
  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    Here are a couple of photos of my nasturtiums  - some self-seeded in the ground (near my pond) and the other, in a tub to hopefully give a nice display later on.  (hopefully)!!
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It will depend on your local climate as to whether they seed themselves. 
    They don't here, too cold and wet over winter, and I always miss some seeds, despite regular deadheading.
    Or the pigeons eat them  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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