On Sun, 6 Apr 2003 13:19:35 +0100, "andrewpreece"
wrote:

OK your average gardener regards it as a weed, but I reckon it's beautiful
and wish to have a stand of the things in my garden. I saved some of the
seeds from last year, which are of the fluffy airborne variety, but my
standard technique of sticking them 1/4" down in compost in the greenhouse,
keeping it moist and praying has failed.
No seedlings, and it's been 6 weeks now. Any ideas?

Andy:

If you're sure you want to do this g - they're very invasive - you
might try burning them. They are called fireweed in America, I
believe, because they often appear where the land has been burnt (and
I think appeared on bomb sites in London during the war, as well). We
germinated some successfully some years ago by burning them, but can't
remember exactly how.

Get those matches out!



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Sally in Shropshire, UK
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