On Oct 16, 2:29*pm, "Jeff Layman" wrote:
Judith in France wrote:
I have saved seeds and want flowers for next year. *Usually I have
planted these into seed trays in the spring and then planted out.
Would I obtain any success if I planted direct into the soil now and
cover with a cloche?

Judith

If you plant them in the soil now, you can be sure that the slugs will have
a number of dates in spring marked on their calendars...

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Jeff

LOL. I could surround them with coffee grains, an inch high and an
inch deep, rather like a moat round an island:-)

Judith