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Bringing back the Annual!

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  • I would concentrate on subjects which do well in hanging baskets and containers particularly if your target market is urban. They often have little space for traditional bedding or the time to plant out large quantities. One of the nurseries near me offer a basket and container replanting service using the plants they also grow. They must make quite a good profit on that. I grow the easy reliable annuals from seed (e.g ageratum, marigolds, cosmos) and buy the more difficult ones (begonia, impatiens, lobelia). Another local nursery sells 4 inch square pots of seedlings from late March for £3.95 (about the price of a packet of F1 seeds). After a couple of weeks in a heated greenhouse, I can usually reliably prick out 50 - 60 plants from each pot. Much better than I usually get from seed of these varieties. And of course what the nursery doesn't sell in March, they prick out and grow on for sale in April in plug trays or May in 6's or 12's   

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    I grew these in the summer, coco sun, dwarf sunflowers. multiple heads. Great value

  • artjakartjak Posts: 4,167

    I love Cerinthe, I tried from seed one year with no results; any tips Verdun?

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,441

    I've found them very reliable germinators. I never use heat artjak,do you?



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Ok, I think I've got my list image Thanks guys. 

    Artjak, I sowed a packet of 10 bought from seedaholic.com and put them in a half seed tray with just seed compost, J.I. Seed and Cutting and watered them and put them in one of my cheap littlegrow houses. They germinated within two weeks, 9 of them anyway. However, when I went on holiday last month I left them quite dry and by the time I got back a week later, they had completely rotted. However I shall try again with another packet bought from tesco in the sale image

  • Mark, those sunflowers look good, how did they perform for you? 

  • archiepemarchiepem Posts: 1,155

    got mine in the loft . beano  topper  and  charlie buchannimage

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