Sow them 2 weeks later next year Janie, seedlings are usually pricked out once they have another one or two sets of leaves. The problem with sowing too early is that you can’t plant them out until start of May and you will have to keep potting on until then. Which is ok if you have the room.
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Not by choice really, I’d rather sow then later and not have them leggy in the first place. i sowed mine this year on the 1st April, next year will be a week later, they shouldn’t get leggy then. I have a gadget called a potter, you can make paper pots then plant the whole thing out in the garden, I’ve made them deeper this year so the cosmos have just dropped in them nicely, no curling needed. 🙂
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At least there are about 250 seeds per packet, so you've always got plenty to try again later. It's as if they knew...!!!
Ok, I planted my cosmos last weekend (far too early, I know now!), and this morning they looked like this:
I've now taken out some of them, and planted them a la @Lyn thus:
PS Sorry if the photos are too big
The problem with sowing too early is that you can’t plant them out until start of May and you will have to keep potting on until then. Which is ok if you have the room.
i sowed mine this year on the 1st April, next year will be a week later, they shouldn’t get leggy then.
I have a gadget called a potter, you can make paper pots then plant the whole thing out in the garden, I’ve made them deeper this year so the cosmos have just dropped in them nicely, no curling needed. 🙂