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Growing pelargoniums from seed
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Posted by sheldon z10FL (My Page) on Sat, Nov 10, 07 at 7:27
Hi, Everyone:
This is my first time growing pelargoniums from seed. I live in South Florida. Am I the only one who's noticed that these are very slow-growing plants? I started my seeds in late June, they germinated VERY well and have been growing nicely and are now in large containers, but they STILL haven't matured! They look green and healthy otherwise.
Any comments, suggestions...?
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RE: Growing pelargoniums from seed
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| Same with me. I live in zone 8. I bought the seeds from Ebay last summer. Few weeks ago, I moved the only two baby plants to larger pots. Still hope will see more seddlings coming. Good luck. |
RE: Growing pelargoniums from seed
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| I've started them under lights in my zone 4 in Jan. Usually I have flowers by the end of June, it takes a long time. But mine usually look great into october. I am looking for seeds to grow, more varieties. Any ideas? |
RE: Growing pelargoniums from seed
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| I had great luck with SUMMER SHOWERS Hybrid geraniums last year. I also live in zone 4 and started in mid January. Had great flowers by May. The seeds are expensive, around 50 cents each but 18 out of 20 germinated and grew into nice plants. I grew them under shop lights. SwallowtailSeeds.com has them. |
RE: Growing pelargoniums from seed
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| I was getting worried, I started some mixed geranium seed I bought from valuseeds.com, I sowed awhile ago, germination was good 16/18, but they seem stagnant, I feel like ive been waiting and waiting for the true leaves.I am also growing under lights. |
RE: Growing pelargoniums from seed
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| They are very slow growing. I just started about 100 seeds last friday (1/19). The packets typically recommend sowing 10-12 weeks before planting outdoors. Here in NY this is my 5th year of growing them; I have settled on 16 weeks as a good starting point. This ensures that the majority are already in bloom before they get set out in mid-late May. They are slow growing, but in my experience you should notice the first set of true leaves starting to emerge within a week of the seed leaves reaching maturity. I begin watering with a highly diluted liquid fertilizer (approx 1/8 strength) at this point. I've grown Summer Showers, Florever Red, Ivy, and others with great success. Another trick that speeds up the growing process is that I germinate in folded, damp paper towels set in a tupperware container that I leave in a warm, dark place. I check it daily waiting until roots begin to emerge before moving to soil. It's a lot of work, but results in a high success rate. After 5 days I have put 27 into soil, and 19 already have mature seed leaves. A quick check of the container this morning indicates another dozen ready to plant tonight. Good luck! |
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