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Honeysuckle - what next?
Hi,
Im a bit of a newbie to gardening
Before christmas I picked some honeysuckle berries from a honeysuckle we have outside our front door. After stratification in the fridge I planted them out in a seed tray and kept them inside and had some success as a few of them have grown. I probably have about 8 seedlings -as shown, currently in cold frame. My question is; what now? to increase chances of getting a few strong honeysuckle plants can anyone advise on next steps (ie. should i prick them out? pot them yet? keep in cold frame or move outside? Any help much appreciated
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Prick out, pot on, harden off, pot on again and again until thy're big enough to plant out
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thank you, will do
They are rattling about in there. You'd be as well letting young plants use up most of the nutrition you've provided them. Let their roots fill up the plugs first, then they might be big enough to transplant to situ. If not they'll transplant from an 8cm pot.
Lonicera periclymenum can also grow in full sun, in my case a healthy and vigorous 40-50 year old specimen hiding the S aspect of the compost heap.
Thanks for the comments and at this time of year would you say to keep them in the coldframe or better to move outside?
(im a little worried about the coldframe heating up too much on these sunny days)