I asked this Q last year as I had so many ripe seedheads. I followed the advice given then to sow immediately - one pot indoors on the kitchen windowsill, one in the cold greenhouse. I used ordinary potting compost but topped the pots with grit and kept just damp. The indoor ones came up straight away and got potted on in the spring. The greenhouse ones were slower and germinated in the spring. They still haven't caught up in size with the autumn sown ones. They have made good solid plants with a mass of fleshy white roots. The early ones have been planted out in groups of three, some here in Bedfordshire but most in the Languedoc. The later ones are in individual pots sunk into the ground in my nursery area. Now all I have to do is wait patiently...
i am new to growing from seeds. nobody anywhere on youtube/internet says whether you sow the seeds and then add water. and in this article the subject of watering is also not mentioned.
so my question is when do you water them.....how much and how often
i am new to growing from seeds. nobody anywhere on youtube/internet says whether you sow the seeds and then add water. and in this article the subject of watering is also not mentioned.
so my question is when do you water them.....how much and how often?
re watering: one of the reasons I top my pots with fine grit or small gravel is so that when watering you do not disturb the compost. I use a bottle-top watering rose (you can get these for around £2-3 in the garden centre) and water fairly generously when I first plant the seed. The gravel will maintain the dampness. Pour away any surplus water that drains through the pot. After that I only water if the compost begins to dry out - you can tell by lifting the pot and if it seems very light it needs watering. The biggest cause of damping off is compost that is too wet.
I've got an agapanthus in a pot in the garden. Couple of years ago it set seed. Took the seeds off,saved them in a jar in the kitchen and promptly forgot all about them! Relocated them a few days ago so put them in a pot on the window sill. Be nice if they come up but I'm not holding my breath!!
I have agapanthus seed collected last year. When do I sow it or am I too late? Or shall I do what I normally do when I dont know what to do and just sow it anyway?
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This is what I'd do
In the sticks near Peterborough
I asked this Q last year as I had so many ripe seedheads. I followed the advice given then to sow immediately - one pot indoors on the kitchen windowsill, one in the cold greenhouse. I used ordinary potting compost but topped the pots with grit and kept just damp. The indoor ones came up straight away and got potted on in the spring. The greenhouse ones were slower and germinated in the spring. They still haven't caught up in size with the autumn sown ones. They have made good solid plants with a mass of fleshy white roots. The early ones have been planted out in groups of three, some here in Bedfordshire but most in the Languedoc. The later ones are in individual pots sunk into the ground in my nursery area. Now all I have to do is wait patiently...
so my question is when do you water them.....how much and how often
so my question is when do you water them.....how much and how often?
I've seen people water before or after, from the top and by standing in a tray of water.
If I'd sown agapanthus as in the Cottesbrooke video I'd give it a light watering from above after sowing to settle the seeds.
You might start a new thread for this unless you are growing agapanthus. You'll get more opinions that way.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Doesn't the article say sow fresh, and sow straight away?
In the sticks near Peterborough
re watering: one of the reasons I top my pots with fine grit or small gravel is so that when watering you do not disturb the compost. I use a bottle-top watering rose (you can get these for around £2-3 in the garden centre) and water fairly generously when I first plant the seed. The gravel will maintain the dampness. Pour away any surplus water that drains through the pot. After that I only water if the compost begins to dry out - you can tell by lifting the pot and if it seems very light it needs watering. The biggest cause of damping off is compost that is too wet.
I have agapanthus seed collected last year. When do I sow it or am I too late? Or shall I do what I normally do when I dont know what to do and just sow it anyway?