Forget me not

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• Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

  August 2022

  Possibly thrip damage.
  I wouldn't worry too much about it.
  The ones in my garden are either fried, covered in mildew or look awful for some other reason, but more seeds will germinate in the soil later in the year to provide a mass of flowers in the Spring. I still pull them out at this time of year.
  I have many hundreds of them come up every Spring
  
  

  
  Billericay - Essex
  
  Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
  Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

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• Iswashere Posts: 69

  August 2022

  Thanks Pete. I was pulling the leaves off in fear if them dying off on me. I can relax now. Btw your garden is absolutely  stunning 

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• JennyJ Posts: 10,576

  August 2022

  Forget-me-nots are biennial - they're supposed to die after flowering and setting seed. Some of mine always try to hang on but they look rubbish so I pull them out. The new seedlings will appear as soon as we get some rain and they'll flower next spring.
  

  Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  

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• Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

  August 2022

  Thanks @Iswashere - it's looking more like the Sahara at the mo
  But no doubt next Spring it will be full of forget-me-nots.
  The reason I have so many is that a few years ago I put some in the compost bin - then spread the compost and the seeds germinated all over the garden.
  It does look great in Spring - but then I have to pull them all up, and there are lots of them
  
  

  
  Billericay - Essex
  
  Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
  Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

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• Iswashere Posts: 69

  August 2022

  Oh now I get it, I didn't realise they were biennial. I should just leave them alone with the withered flower heads. I was dead heading in the hope they would reflower and then storing the seeds to plant next year  so leave them alone is the best solution, I think

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• Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

  August 2022 edited August 2022

  They will have dropped their seeds way back in spring - there will be loads around the plants.
  You can pull out the remains of this year's plants - they're finished and dead.
  I pull out most of the seedlings that appear too until autumn, then those that germinate get the run of the borders for a few weeks in Spring - and so the cycle repeats
  
  There's a reason they're called  forget-me-nots - once you got some, they'll be back every year

  
  Billericay - Essex
  
  Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
  Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

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• Iswashere Posts: 69

  August 2022

  Love it Pete i.e. the reason they're called forget me nots 

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