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Old 04-10-2012, 01:33 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Sweet William seedlings?
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I use a lot of Sweet William plants, growing from seed for myself and 2
daughters. They are finally grown in tubs, this year I was late in
removing them and have not yet planted up the tubs. In the tubs are
scores of, what looks to me like S W plants. Can I successfully grow
these on to become healthy plants to plant out next Autumn? This is when
I plant out those I have grown from seed sown in the Spring?

We have a corner at the bottom of the garden where I
planted a few excess Sweet William plants a few years
back. They are still growing there - or rather their
offspring are! I never cleared the area and have just
left it, they seem to self seed and grow on quite
happily, and I suspect that if I thinned out the plants
they would be as good as the freshly grown ones!

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Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales
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