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Hyacinth
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November 01, 2008, 08:47:07 »
Bought 2 bunches of plantlets for £1. 8) Do they need pinching out when I plant them, please?
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saddad
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November 01, 2008, 08:48:33 »
We grow our own but I'm sure OH doesn't trim them when she transplants them. Let them have a good soak before you plant them if they are bare rooted.. :-\
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November 01, 2008, 08:50:20 »
Many thanks Dad....I soaked and planted them yesters afternoon but only wondered abt cutting back this morning. So there's another job I don't have to do 8)
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November 08, 2008, 04:10:16 »
Confirm that I have never nipped mine when growing from seeds and have always had a beautiful display. Just plant them.
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littlebabybird
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November 08, 2008, 10:55:29 »
it has never occured to me i can grow from seed, are they ok to do from seed?
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November 08, 2008, 10:58:47 »
Dead easy, they are brassicas... just watch where you grow them, they stay in the ground along time.. ;D
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littlebabybird
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November 08, 2008, 11:02:02 »
soo, i will need to buy them as normal this year wont i for flowers in 09?
then plant seeds and grow plants in the spring 09 for flowers in 2010
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Hyacinth
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November 08, 2008, 12:25:13 »
Aren't they perennial? :-[ I see gardens where they come up time and time again :-\
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calendula
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November 08, 2008, 13:34:18 »
I always thought short lived perennial but in the way they spread their seed, making them appear so (so actually annuals), but there are so many varieties this is hard to say
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November 10, 2008, 18:18:07 »
We tend to treat them as biennials because after the first year of flowering they become leggy. Also because they do stay in the ground for a long time, its better to remove after they flower in the 2nd year and grow in another spot in case of club root ;)
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November 10, 2008, 18:22:52 »
OK thanks. 40 wallflowers for 2 years for £1....sounds good to me ;D
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November 10, 2008, 18:27:53 »
Darned good value ;D
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November 12, 2008, 16:40:26 »
I always pinch mine when I plant them out to encourage them to bush.
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