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Fox Glove

WillsWills Posts: 262
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Hi Can anyone advise me on when to prick out Fox Glove seedlings i have started mine in a cell tray and placed it a heated propogater i wasint expecting a great deal as i have tried and failed to grow them before but they have started sprouting can anyone tell me if its okay to leave them in there and when do i start re potting them do i wait for a set of true leaves .

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,887

    hold fire wills

    Devon.
  • GemmaJFGemmaJF Posts: 2,286

    They will be fine in the tray until it fills out, you want them a good size so they are easy to handle when pricking them out and potting them on. If they are the native species, pick the largest, if they are hybrids, keep some of the stragglers too, they might turn out to be interesting colours. image Mine have been in the propagator for a couple of weeks now and doing well.

  • WillsWills Posts: 262

    thanks folks image i will leave them as they are .image

  • little-annlittle-ann Posts: 878

    mine were planted in the garden late summer ready to flower this year

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,138

    They don't need heat - turn it off.


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190

    Doves right there, no heat, when sowing seeds think of their usual habitat, they drop off the plant and grow perfectly well in the open garden.

    I started mine off in September/October ish, they are sitting in the freezing cold greenhouse, perfectly happy. They are tough plants.

     

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • LunariaLunaria Posts: 144

    I sowed mine last year. (Albas) Then I got busy at work and was barely in the green house for over a month. They were neglected with just a quick soak of water before I left the house in the morning. I had two trays full of very large seedling before I knew it. They have been pottered up and I have probably to many, very healthy plants  in a cold green house.  

  • ElviraElvira Posts: 17

     I wouldn't  plant them again next year they tend to do that all by themselves!

  • WillsWills Posts: 262

    I tried to grow fox glove in my green house last year with very disappointing results this year i put them in the propogater and i have quite a few seedlings growing away for me the propogater is a great addition and it means i will have enough for my garden image 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,138

    All you need to do for English native foxgloves is scatter the seed where you want the plants to grow, and stand well back. 

    Thin the seedlings out as they grow, transplanting those you gently ease out of the soil. 

    There's no need for heat or even the protection of a cold greenhouse - they're tough as old boots and will grow happily in a suitable place.


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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