No worries, got a lot of confidence from it to be honest, seems very easy and straight forward.
first time using one, usually just go for standard plants from B & Q but bought all kinds of funky stuff from TM, if it works im really looking forward to seing a chaos of colour this year.
You can start Lobelia in February, and pot on and put on a windowsill without afternoon sun when they are big enough. If they have too much sun they go leggy and they are slow to take off so sowing early is OK.
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Has anybody tried winter sowing in mini greenhouse bottle containers outdoors? I'm trialling it with perennials Gaura and Echinacea at the moment. I'm tempted to try a few with annuals such as cosmos too. I thought if they germinate early, they still might be protected from frost in their plastic bottles
Thanks Busy-Lizzie. I'll leave my cosmos till later in the year but i've so many seeds that i'm tempted to risk it I've tried echinacea and gaura with winter sowing anyway and also plan to start a few in an electric propagator soon. Hoping i get some good results. It's being pretty mild here this winter. I have nasturtium that have still loads of green foliage and haven't been killed by the frosts. Maybe winter sowing wont work here at all because it seems to be an cold climate process.
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Thanks Bob .... will be great to put the propagators to a good use over winter.
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No worries, got a lot of confidence from it to be honest, seems very easy and straight forward.
first time using one, usually just go for standard plants from B & Q but bought all kinds of funky stuff from TM, if it works im really looking forward to seing a chaos of colour this year.
A chaos of colour - love it!
60's psychedelia in the borders
Billericay - Essex
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it will be bonkers if it all grows though
those night sky pentunias remid me of tie dye t-shirts
I'm sure it'll all be far out and solid!
Good luck
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
You can start Lobelia in February, and pot on and put on a windowsill without afternoon sun when they are big enough. If they have too much sun they go leggy and they are slow to take off so sowing early is OK.
Has anybody tried winter sowing in mini greenhouse bottle containers outdoors? I'm trialling it with perennials Gaura and Echinacea at the moment. I'm tempted to try a few with annuals such as cosmos too. I thought if they germinate early, they still might be protected from frost in their plastic bottles
No, I haven't. But don't start Cosmos too early as they grow fast and you'll have to find somewhere light and frost free to put them.
Thanks Busy-Lizzie. I'll leave my cosmos till later in the year but i've so many seeds that i'm tempted to risk it
I've tried echinacea and gaura with winter sowing anyway and also plan to start a few in an electric propagator soon. Hoping i get some good results. It's being pretty mild here this winter. I have nasturtium that have still loads of green foliage and haven't been killed by the frosts. Maybe winter sowing wont work here at all because it seems to be an cold climate process.
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