What’s the best time to plant forget me not seeds?
Forget-Me-Nots should be sown from March to June, or in September. They will flower the year after they have been sown. Forget-me-nots are easy to grow from seed and can be sown direct in May or June. The plants thrive in a sunny or partially shaded spot and will flower in their second year.Chinese forget-me-nots are fairly easy to start from seeds so long as you know one secret – they need darkness in order to germinate.
When’s the best time to plant forget-me-not seeds?
The best time to plant forget-me-not seeds is in spring to August if you want to have blooms the following season. Early spring seeded plants may produce flowers by fall. If you are willing to wait a season for blooms, sow the seeds in fall. The plants will produce flowers a year from the next spring. We found several excellent cultivars for fall flowering. We started plants in August and grew them to market size in late summer to early fall. We evaluated them from September through early November for two years. They looked great and thrived as the weather cooled in late September through October.
How to use forget me not seeds?
Directly sow Forget Me Not seeds into your flower garden after all danger of frost. Or, for earlier blooms, start them indoors a few weeks before the last frost in your area. Sow seeds after all danger of frost. Cover lightly with 1/8” of garden soil. Space them 4-5 inches apart and thin seedlings to 10” apart. Poppy seeds do not require any treatment (eg soaking, stratification) before sowing. Poppy seeds grow best when they are sown directly into the garden.Poppies can be sprinkled, sown directly into soil, or they can be started indoors. We only sprinkle them when we have an abundance of seed, since only a fraction establish. Sown indoors, their germination rates are much higher and it’s much less weeding, as well.Poppy seeds do not require any treatment (eg soaking, stratification) before sowing. Poppy seeds grow best when they are sown directly into the garden.
Can I sow seeds in September?
September is still a busy month for sowing. There is still time to sow lettuce and one alternative is to utilise pots and containers. September is the ideal month to sow hardy greens such as Kale, Land Cress, Pak Choi, Mizuna, and Mustard. September is far from too late to propagate. In fact, it’s an excellent time to take cuttings from a variety of plants to ensure a flourishing garden in the coming seasons. By extending your collection, preserving tender varieties, and utilising this cost-effective method, you can enjoy a vibrant and diverse garden.
What month is best to plant flower seeds?
In the very early Spring (end of January to March) you can sow hardy annual seeds. These are seeds that will produce plants that are tolerant of frost – they’ll put on strong deep roots all winter long and produce flowers from June until the first frosts (where I live in Surrey that happens in early November). As a general rule, seeds are started indoors about 6 weeks prior to your last frost date. During a cold spring, it’s better to delay sowing to ensure the soil temperature is warm enough than to be hasty and get disappointing results.Many native seeds need to have a winter period of cold moist temperatures to break dormancy and germinate. Not all native seeds require this cold period for germination, but every seed can be sown outdoors in the fall or winter.