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Larkspur and Monkshood

Oakley WitchOakley Witch Posts: 789
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I have Sown two batches of each now and no germination. They are in a cold greenhouse but everything else is doing fine. Is it still too sold for them out there???

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I would think so Sam, i grew larkspur but started the seeds off in the summer, ready for the following year, try bringing them in and give em the window sill treatment.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Oakley WitchOakley Witch Posts: 789

    Oh great Lyn image Thankyou. That would explain why nothing has come up. I will give it another go and fetch them into the house. Thanks.x

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  • Oakley WitchOakley Witch Posts: 789

    Hmm, so you think if I leave the ones I have already sown alone they may pop up just as they sense I have given up on them?

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I think you should bring them in Sam, as hollie says, she sowed them in the summer as well for the following years planting, if you leave them out there is a chance they may rot.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Oakley WitchOakley Witch Posts: 789

    Right. Thats the job for tomorrow then. Thanks guys image

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I have set some seeds from my daughters aconitum but they are showing no sign at all, i wonder if they are fertile, or if i should have bought seeds.

    I have the original plant now in my garden and its grown huge, even with the cold weather, she was worried with her littluns round it.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,441

    Don't give up on the aconitum seeds yet Lyn. They're slow cold germinators



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Should they be outside then for a while, the plant looks a big tuffie
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,441

    Mine are sown fresh in autumn, left outside most of the winter, brought into the cold greenhouse about end of January, more for my convenience than their need. Germinate about now, one or two coming through already but hope for more. Own fresh seed is always best. I never have failures with my own seed, often with bought seed. Makes you wonder how long some of it has been stored and what the storage conditions were.



    In the sticks near Peterborough
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