Lupins
 

Dear all,

We've sucessfully grown a large number of lupins from seed and I see
the instructions say not to plant out until Sept. Internet searches
also confirm this.

Frustratingly nobody says why! Can anyone enligten me?

Thanks,

Adrian.

Lupins
 

Adrian wrote in
:

Dear all,

We've sucessfully grown a large number of lupins from seed and I see
the instructions say not to plant out until Sept. Internet searches
also confirm this.

Frustratingly nobody says why! Can anyone enligten me?

Lupins are very vulnerable to slug/snail attack, and you can lose an entire
sowing overnight (happened to me :-().

Could it be that the idea is to keep them in a slug-free environment till
they are quite big and fully hardened off so they stand a better chance of
surviving?

Incidentally, tree lupins are much tougher and don't suffer from slugs
anything like as much. I've grown a blue-flowering one that's covered in
blooms at the moment, and has a fantastic scent (but they are quite
variable - another plant from the same packet has rather dull yellow
flowers, and no scent at all :-(.)

Victoria
--
gardening on a north-facing hill
in South-East Cornwall
--

Lupins
 

We've sucessfully grown a large number of lupins from seed and I see
the instructions say not to plant out until Sept. Internet searches
also confirm this.

Frustratingly nobody says why! Can anyone enligten me?

Lupins are very vulnerable to slug/snail attack, and you can lose an entire
sowing overnight (happened to me :-().

Could it be that the idea is to keep them in a slug-free environment till
they are quite big and fully hardened off so they stand a better chance of
surviving?
I keep mine in big pots overwinter and plant out the next year, seems
to work for me :-)
kate

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"Victoria Clare" wrote in message
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Adrian wrote in
:

Dear all,

We've sucessfully grown a large number of lupins from seed and I see
the instructions say not to plant out until Sept. Internet searches
also confirm this.

Frustratingly nobody says why! Can anyone enligten me?

Lupins are very vulnerable to slug/snail attack, and you can lose an
entire
sowing overnight (happened to me :-().

Could it be that the idea is to keep them in a slug-free environment till
they are quite big and fully hardened off so they stand a better chance
of
surviving?

Incidentally, tree lupins are much tougher and don't suffer from slugs
anything like as much. I've grown a blue-flowering one that's covered in
blooms at the moment, and has a fantastic scent (but they are quite
variable - another plant from the same packet has rather dull yellow
flowers, and no scent at all :-(.)

I have the solution . Plant the lupins and get a couple of indian runner or
call ducks to eat the slugs. Works for me :0)

Lupins
 

Subject: Lupins
From: Victoria Clare
Date: 07/06/2004 10:06 GMT Daylight Time
Message-id:

Adrian wrote in
:

Dear all,

We've sucessfully grown a large number of lupins from seed and I see
the instructions say not to plant out until Sept. Internet searches
also confirm this.

Frustratingly nobody says why! Can anyone enligten me?

Lupins are very vulnerable to slug/snail attack, and you can lose an entire
sowing overnight (happened to me :-().

Funnily enough, I just noticed last week that the verges along the M8 and M73
are covered in Lupins. It looks lovely.


--
Rhiannon
http://www.livejournal.com/users/rhiannon_s/
"The trick is to commit crimes so confusing that police feel too stupid to even
write a crime report about them."
Aubrey on remaining at liberty
www.somethingpositive.net

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"Rhiannon S" wrote in message
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Subject: Lupins
From: Victoria Clare
Date: 07/06/2004 10:06 GMT Daylight Time
Message-id:

Adrian wrote in
:

Dear all,

We've sucessfully grown a large number of lupins from seed and I see
the instructions say not to plant out until Sept. Internet searches
also confirm this.

Frustratingly nobody says why! Can anyone enligten me?

Lupins are very vulnerable to slug/snail attack, and you can lose an
entire
sowing overnight (happened to me :-().

Funnily enough, I just noticed last week that the verges along the M8 and
M73
are covered in Lupins. It looks lovely.

I hope it stays that way. Presumably they were sown by a green "terrorist"
throwing seeds out of the car window. Some years ago I planted some spare
daffodil bulbs on a grass bank near me. They looked great the next spring,
but the council contractors promptly mowed them and they haven't been seen
since. :-((

Steve

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"Rhiannon S" wrote in message
...
Subject: Lupins
From: Victoria Clare
Date: 07/06/2004 10:06 GMT Daylight Time
Message-id:

Adrian wrote in
:

Dear all,

We've sucessfully grown a large number of lupins from seed and I see
the instructions say not to plant out until Sept. Internet searches
also confirm this.

Frustratingly nobody says why! Can anyone enligten me?

Lupins are very vulnerable to slug/snail attack, and you can lose an
entire
sowing overnight (happened to me :-().

Funnily enough, I just noticed last week that the verges along the M8 and
M73
are covered in Lupins. It looks lovely.

I hope it stays that way. Presumably they were sown by a green "terrorist"
throwing seeds out of the car window. Some years ago I planted some spare
daffodil bulbs on a grass bank near me. They looked great the next spring,
but the council contractors promptly mowed them and they haven't been seen
since. :-((

You need to be very careful when planting spare plants in this way - OK
in town, but not in the countryside - our native plants are already
having a tough fight against imported aliens which have escaped from
gardens or been deliberately let loose - himalayan balsam, japanese
knotweed, Rhododendron ponticum, spanish bluebell to name just a fe -
all of these seemed harmless enough at the time.
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

Lupins