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Milk Thistle Seedling Worry

tn_veggie_gardner
13 years ago

I have never grown Milk Thistle before. I am intruiged by the plant, so I decided to order some seeds for it & grow a plant or two this year. My 1 Milk Thistle seedling I ended up with seems to be doing fine (germination test of floating pellet tray failed miserably & didn't bode well for plants I started in it). It's a healthy color & is still growing noticeably. The problem/worry I have is that as of about a week ago, it has tipped over. lol...It seems to be definitely still growing fine. Is it normal for MT seedlings to tip over? Maybe it will straighten back out when it gets older/more mature? The seedling is about 5 inches tall/long & is in a 1 gallon pot right now, so it's deffinitely not round bound or starving for space. I can provide a picture, if needed. Maybe it needs more/less light and/or heat? Please let me know.

Thanks! - Steve

Here is a link that might be useful: Steve's Garden

Comments (6)

  • fatamorgana2121
    13 years ago

    A lot of seedlings can be weak, top-heavy things when grown indoors without the wind, rain, and natural conditions to make them strong. Some like to use fans near seedlings just to help to strengthen the seedlings.

    I've not grown milk thistle from seed so I can't comment on them specifically.

    FataMorgana

  • foolishpleasure
    13 years ago

    I buy Milk-Thistle extract. It is good to clean the liver. How do you get seeds for that plant.

  • ConnellAlecks
    11 years ago

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  • flora_uk
    11 years ago

    Blah

  • wally_1936
    11 years ago

    This is funny, during WWII we saved the milkweed seeds pods for the military to make life jackets. I know in Michigan and Ohio they are all over the place. We played with the "silk" and love to watch it float thru the air. Maybe the next time instead of buying the seeds some like member of this forum could go out and harvest you lots of seeds :)

  • flora_uk
    11 years ago

    Milk thistle and milk weed are not the same thing, wally-1936. The OP was asking about Milk Thistle, Silybum marianum.