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Greetings.

Last year some one was kind enough to put me right on how to germinate
some cyclamans from seed.

This year I would like to have a go with some Snakes heads that have
set seed.

Collect the seed, sow them, keep moist, keep outside but not waterlogged
over winter, and they will come up like grass next spring.

Grow them in pots for a couple of years before finally planting out.
--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm

Ok I'm ready to plant out. The three year old plants flowered this year (in
compost contrary to earlier advice, so I was probably lucky). The leaves have
now died back, so when should I plant out? I am on heavy clay so should I pout
some gravel under them?


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Jonathan Ward
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jane wrote:

On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 15:23:24 +0100,
(Jim W) wrote:

~I also have crocus seed and a load of cyclamen seed which I keep meaning
~to do things with!-)

ah... cyclamen... I have the small C. persicum growing away inside. I
collected seed this time last year from a pink-flowered plant I've had
for several years and now I have 21 more... a few of which are
astonishingly about to flower. Already. Am waiting to see if they all
come out the same colour which they may not as the leaves vary! Then
there will be the great cyclamen giveaway :-)

C coum seem to love it in a large terracotta bowl - they're now
sprouting everywhere. I just leave them to their own devices, making
sure moss doesn't get a look in.

Thanks for that.. I may well go and collect up the Cyclamen seed and
redistribute it.. At the moment it is just lying on top of existing
corms.. not ideal for germination I believe, although the exisiting
Cyclamen have established very well..
//
Jim

In article 1fvzb9w.zh7cziqlvu48N%00senetnospamtodayta@macunl imited.net,
(Jim W) writes:
| jane wrote:
|
| C coum seem to love it in a large terracotta bowl - they're now
| sprouting everywhere. I just leave them to their own devices, making
| sure moss doesn't get a look in.
|
| Thanks for that.. I may well go and collect up the Cyclamen seed and
| redistribute it.. At the moment it is just lying on top of existing
| corms.. not ideal for germination I believe, although the exisiting
| Cyclamen have established very well..

Mine do exactly the same in a bed which is in the rain shadow of the
house. They are adapted to growing in places which dry out totally
in summer and freeze in winter, but don't like waterlogging and
can't take much competition.

Note that is C. coum, not C. persicum.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In article , Jonathan Ward
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In article ,
says...

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writes
Greetings.

Last year some one was kind enough to put me right on how to germinate
some cyclamans from seed.

This year I would like to have a go with some Snakes heads that have
set seed.

Collect the seed, sow them, keep moist, keep outside but not waterlogged
over winter, and they will come up like grass next spring.

Grow them in pots for a couple of years before finally planting out.
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Ok I'm ready to plant out. The three year old plants flowered this year (in
compost contrary to earlier advice, so I was probably lucky). The leaves have
now died back, so when should I plant out? I am on heavy clay so should I pout
some gravel under them?

As soon as possible,

When I bought some from a garden centre in a pot, I did not put gravel
under them - I too am on heavy clay - and they have flourished. They are
a plant of damp meadows.

My seedlings are only two years old - gone from grass like leaves to
broad leaves, but no flowers yet.



--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm

On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 11:51:23 +0000 (UTC), Jonathan Ward wrote:

In article ,
says...

In article ,
writes

Last year some one was kind enough to put me right on how to germinate
some cyclamans from seed.

This year I would like to have a go with some Snakes heads that have
set seed.

Collect the seed, sow them, keep moist, keep outside but not waterlogged
over winter, and they will come up like grass next spring.

Grow them in pots for a couple of years before finally planting out.

Ok I'm ready to plant out. The three year old plants flowered this year (in
compost contrary to earlier advice, so I was probably lucky). The leaves have
now died back, so when should I plant out? I am on heavy clay so should I pout
some gravel under them?

Put them straight into the soil they have to grow in, no
amendments. Water well *once* after planting to settle them in,
and if you have dry spells, give occasional light sprinkles to
prevent total desiccation until active growth starts in late
summer.


--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada