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I have often had poor germination, but also success….can’t say why particularly though. did you drill or sow into modules?
Mine has taken a long time to emerge, up to two weeks, even though it was this year’s purchase (which does not guarantee fresh seed…) so I am thinking to save my own seed next spring.
Yes my land cress this year is very dubious, old seed from last year and new seed from this year both
Just a few weak seedlings emerging from a thick sowing in a tray, not helped by pricking out into an recent abysmal (the worst yet) batch of new horizons which has grown a few trays of tiny yellow seedlings! So I have had to plant out really small plants, luckily once out in the ground they perk up quickly and then growth has been good…
Pricking out and sowing into my own compost now and difference is amazing! Albeit with a lot of summer purslane seedlings
Anyway, this land cress and also my chervil non happenings have resolved me to also save some seed in the spring and thereafter when i can, obviously a message from the plant world
As long as you save the sed correctly, it germinates well. Most of mine is close to 100% and what is more, the leaves leap out of the compost, they just want to grow. Partly this is to do with freshness, other factors too.
However sometimes seeds go through a dormancy. I noticed this with coriander seed I collected in May, when sown in July it took six weeks to germinate. Sowings of the same seed in mid August came up within a week. Therefore it is programmed to wait for summer heat to finish before germinating, a great clue for its best sowing period – now!
Trying things like this is a great way to learn, i love it, seeing how nature works things out.
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