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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,441

    I think est sown fresh but people on this forum have talked about successful spring sowing. I sow my own seed fresh and bought seed around midwinter. I try to sow as nature does. When seeds are dropping I collect and sow.



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190

    Thats what I did last year, and they all germinated, I will cut the losses and collect fresh this year.

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,441

    Good idea.  I'm hoping to collect from some really dark hellebores this year. and some little tight very dark aquilegias



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190

    The aquilegias I sowed were off a plant that my daughter call maroon, If it flowers this year, I will post a piccy.

    Will the hellebores and aquilegias come true from collecting our own seeds.

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,441

    They do tend to all mix up together and over time I weed out the dirty pinks. 



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Gardengirl..Gardengirl.. Posts: 4,171

    Hello Lyn My fuchsia arrived and are nicely potted on into small pots thank you, they are sitting on my window sill indoors

    Might not be doing much seed swapping at min but not sown much yet too cold

    May be we should do a plant or cutting swap more?

    Hampshire Gardener
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Pleased you liked them gardengirl.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Gardengirl..Gardengirl.. Posts: 4,171

    Will have to take a photo when bit bigger Lyn to show all

    Forum not sending me messages again even though tick on instant keeps doing that

    May be we should do a photo seed swap of what seeds we have swapped growing?

    As in take photos post on computer or updates of how seeds/plant/cuttings growing how well doing

    Hampshire Gardener
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    That sounds a lovely idea garden girl.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • I'm AGAIN listing the seeds I still have and have added some more now that the mags are giving free seeds again. If you don't have anything to swap but fancy anything please just ask- it is such a waste otherwise.

    1.French Marigold;    2.Sunflower- Giant single;      3. Nicotiana-Fragrant cloud;    4.Nicotinia- Alata 'Lime green';      6. Amaranthus-fat spike;          9. Ammi-graceland ;           10.MinaLobata- Spanish flag;        11.Calendula-pacific beauty mixed;                  13.Clarkia-elegans double delight;               14. Aster-spider chrysanthemum mixed;  

    16.Shasta daisy- silver princess;      17Snake Gourd;             21.Cosmos- Purity;       22. Hollyhock- Giant Single Mixed;           23.Cosmos-Polidor Mixed;     24.Verbascum-Phoeniceum mixed;               28. Agastache- Apricot Sprite;                  29. Tomato- Gardener's Delight;

    The ones I've got since I last posted

    30. Schizanthus- Angel Wings Mixed;        31. Sunflower-Moonshine;        32. Aster- Milady Mixed;

    I do hope someone wants these as it seems such a waste otherwise

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