Topic: Remember those free seeds for bees?

[gardenqueen]

I think quite a few of us sent away for those seeds. Has anyones germinated yet, if so what have you got? None of mine seem to have germinated unless they are all weeds!  >:(

[thifasmom]

i mixed mine with some other wild flowers so i can't say if the in particular have germinated or not ??? :-\. but there is germination in the area :)

http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,46489.msg522864.html#msg522864

[saddad]

Our "beekeeper" was giving out Sainfoil (?) which has germinated now...  :)

[elvis2003]

not all of ours germinated,those that did are still teensy,but can identify poppies and cornflower so far

[shirlton]

My daughter Tracy planted hers with the kiddies and they are up. Don't know what they are yet though

[Robert_Brenchley]

Our "beekeeper" was giving out Sainfoil (?) which has germinated now...  :)

Sainfoin. It's a type of clover which used to be widely grown as a fodder crop before the advent of monoculture farming. The old books sing the praises of sainfoin as a honey crop, but to all intents and purposes it doesn't exist any more!

[saddad]

It's alive and well on our Lotties... do you want some seed?  :)

[Robert_Brenchley]

I don't have space to grow a worthwhile amount unfortunately.

[gardenqueen]

I just don't believe it!  >:( After posting this thread I had a look to see if I could see any germination and I could, not much, but at least there was some! Where the daffodils have grown, in a circle under a very large conifer, I always let the daffs die down and let the grasses dropped from the bird feeder, grow, and let nature takes it's course! This is where I planted the seeds for bees.

Yesterday OH decided to cut the grass and when I went to top up the bird feeders, I found he had cut back a lot of the circle, including the first sightings of my seeds! ******** Can't possibly repeat what I said!  :o :o :o