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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 11, 2010 19:22:52 GMT
Today I sowed Larkspur and Tithonia.  |
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Post by Missredhead on Apr 12, 2010 11:26:31 GMT
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 12, 2010 13:33:23 GMT
You've certainly done well MRH. Today I sowed Courgette and Squash and Helanium from purloined seed last year.  |
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 12, 2010 15:34:51 GMT
I sowed some more cosmos cosmonaut today. I don't know where I am going wrong with cosmos. I even bought new seed just in case the other seed was too old (couldn't find a date on the packet).
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Post by Missredhead on Apr 12, 2010 15:43:40 GMT
Mine nearly all died too Jas and everyone says that they are easy..I will take a pic of the very few that are left and post it on here..
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Post by Missredhead on Apr 12, 2010 15:48:53 GMT
6 weedy specimens out of a whole packet.....  |
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 12, 2010 15:52:03 GMT
Well, your 6 babies look as though they are on the way MRH. I wonder if anyone does well with Cosmos  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Apr 12, 2010 17:34:52 GMT
My Cosmos have done well this year except for the ones that I really wanted to come through - I had planned all sorts of things with them and I haven't got one!!
I should have just scattered them around - I bet they would have germinated then...everywhere that I didn't want them.
RF
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 12, 2010 19:12:15 GMT
Did you use a heated propagator RF? I wondered if a bit of heat would make a difference |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 12, 2010 19:19:59 GMT
I'm sowing Cosmos too and had much better luck with them last year. I have Sonata after seeing the white ones in the borders on the boards last year. I used the heated prop Jasmine but I've found the germination eratic. I think I have about half a dozen at the same stage as MRH.
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 12, 2010 19:20:54 GMT
I wonder why they germinate so poorly |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 12, 2010 19:37:16 GMT
Wonder where Barbara is she grows lots of Cosmos perhaps she could give us hints.
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 12, 2010 20:47:40 GMT
I'm just thinking that it's Isabella who grows Cosmos. Anyhow it would be interesting to find out if others have difficulties with germinating too. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Apr 13, 2010 6:13:21 GMT
Did you use a heated propagator RF? I wondered if a bit of heat would make a difference No I just bunged them in the GH in a propagator (unheated)....sort of the Tig method. RF |
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 13, 2010 6:46:30 GMT
Well, it's not that then....
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Post by Barbara on Apr 13, 2010 7:43:44 GMT
It's not me LG, sorry I don't do them, I would help if I could,,. today I'm going to plant, Sunflower velvet queen (it's red,) Nasturtium, mahogany gleam, (it's red too) Love in a mist (it's blue) cornflower , double blue (thats blue as well) Lobelia, colour cascade mix. and stocks. going to be aa busy bee. |
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 13, 2010 8:14:41 GMT
You are going to be busy Barbara! And you just reminded me I have some red nasturtiums from Carolann to plant.
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Post by Tig on Apr 13, 2010 19:38:22 GMT
My Kunzea Baxteri have germinated ;D Isn't cosmos a native desert plant of origin? I thought it likes warm conditions to germinate and slightly damp, but not wet compost, and only very lightly covered as they need light to germinate I think. I am sowing some, but I'm running out of space. I will sow my nasturtiums direct, outside next month, I collected rather a lot!  |
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 13, 2010 19:40:12 GMT
The light bit might be it Tig - I have a tendency to bury seeds too far down.
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Post by Missredhead on Apr 13, 2010 19:46:18 GMT
I remember my daughter telling me that her boss who is South African says that out there they are considered weeds (cosmos that is ;D)....wish they were the type of weeds that grew in my garden
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 13, 2010 19:48:19 GMT
Isn't that where agapanthus is a weed too...or maybe it's Australia And we get dandelions |
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Post by Missredhead on Apr 13, 2010 19:56:19 GMT
yep....not fair is it?
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 13, 2010 20:25:25 GMT
Not fair at all  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 14, 2010 14:15:23 GMT
Tig thanks for the hints about the Cosmos, that might be where I'm going wrong too. |
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Post by Tig on Apr 14, 2010 15:20:21 GMT
My nicotiana roulette are up (teeny weeny little things almost microscopic) and did I tell you all that my kunzea baxteri have germinated, you need a magnifying glass to see them ;D
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 14, 2010 17:18:26 GMT
Out of the cosmos seeds I planted on the 12th 7 are already up. I put them on the boiler this time. Don't know if the heat made a difference or if it was because it was new seed |
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Post by jean on Apr 14, 2010 17:21:22 GMT
I've just potted on some Cosmos, the germination was fine. I wonder if its the type of compost you are using. I alway mix in sand and vermiculite so the compost doesn't stay sodden. I also covered the seeds lightly with a mix of vemiculite and compost through a sieve - still time to sow some more |
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 15, 2010 7:31:28 GMT
I am going to use vermiculite next year. Carol Klein was saying how useful it was at preventing seedlings rotting. Have lost a few seedlings because they got too damp I reckon.
19 baby cosmos this morning - will definitely give them some heat next year...if I remember.
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Post by Tig on May 12, 2010 12:42:20 GMT
I've just sown some pink crossandra seeds ... I love a challenge x Tig |
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Post by Dutchy on May 12, 2010 15:41:34 GMT
Got some black sunflowers in. Just to see if these do better than Russian giants ;D
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