{"id":3901,"date":"2009-06-17T11:47:56","date_gmt":"2009-06-17T18:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3901"},"modified":"2010-03-20T08:23:13","modified_gmt":"2010-03-20T15:23:13","slug":"tips-for-growing-seeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/tips-for-growing-seeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for Growing Seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3903\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/tips-for-growing-seeds\/attachment\/forget-me-not\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3903\" title=\"forget-me-not\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/forget-me-not.jpg\" alt=\"forget-me-not\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/forget-me-not.jpg 448w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/forget-me-not-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>June is a good month for sowing seeds to get the plants you want for next year. I have sown some biennials today and will sow other seeds after the &#8216;hot&#8217; summer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Growing from Seed General Tips<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do not sow in winter or in waterlogged ground or the seed will rot. &#8216;Sow dry and plant wet&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>Annuals will flower 12 weeks after sowing but perennials may take up to 12 months or more.<\/li>\n<li>Do not cover seeds with 6 inches of soil they will never see the light of day. Generally a light covering will suffice.<\/li>\n<li>Seed in foil packets may stay fresh for 2 years as advertised on the packet but you want good germination rates so use good fresh seed.<\/li>\n<li>Read and follow the instructions on the packet but don&#8217;t be afraid to try collected seed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Biennial Seeds Sown Today<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Sweet William Early Summer Scented  are a mixture of Dianthus barbatus to flower from next April. I filled a seed tray with moist seed compost (peat and peat substitute tends to dry out then be hard to re-wet) then took a pinch of seed and sprinkled them evenly.<\/li>\n<li>Wallflower Blood Red is another fragrant spring flower sown in shallow rows outside. (Rows help show where the wallflowers grow compared to weeds which will come up at random).<\/li>\n<li> Campanula Pyramidalis&#8217;s very fine seed has been sown in modules and also direct into cultivated soil raked to a fine tilth. (Tilth is very fine top soil with lumps broken down in which to sow your seeds). I haven&#8217;t tried these before so they got a bit more TLC.<\/li>\n<li> I could have sown other biennials including Foxgloves and Honesty or winter flowering Pansy but there is still time for me to buy them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Seeds to Sow this Year for Next Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Perennials like Aquilegia McKana Giant mixed will be sown on the surface of compost as they need light to germinate in September or October.<\/li>\n<li> Marigolds (Calendula not French) and Cornflower sown in September will survive the winter and should get off to a quick start next year.<\/li>\n<li> Sweet Peas can be sown in October to over winter. They need a deep root run and can be sown in long tubes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http:\/\/www.thompson-morgan.com\/seeds1\/index.html\">Seeds <\/a>from T&amp;M<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June is a good month for sowing seeds to get the plants you want for next year. I have sown some biennials today and will sow other seeds after the &#8216;hot&#8217; summer. Growing from Seed General Tips Do not sow in winter or in waterlogged ground or the seed will rot. &#8216;Sow dry and plant wet&#8217;. Annuals will flower 12 weeks after sowing but perennials may take up to 12 months or more. Do not cover seeds with 6 inches&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/tips-for-growing-seeds\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,233,13],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-3901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers","category-growing-easy-plants","category-tips","tag-seeds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3901\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}