Hello. Thanks for this video. I bought a flat of ice plant delosperma. As I'm planting it, the plants are very leggy. Should I prune them back and if so, can i grow the cuttings? Thanks
Thanks for the tip on shearing. I have some lavender plants I grew from cuttings and they are right about 3 inches tall right now. I would never have thought to shear them, but it makes perfect sense that you should!
Clears it up exactly thank you, now all we have to do is convince wholsellers to sell plugs and liners to the general public which they rarely do except for annuals and veg. Plugs and liner plants I feel establish themselves better and planting requires minimal disturbance to the soil and surroundings. I would rather get a plug or liner than a fully finished flowering plant in a gallon or quart pot also simply because producers mess around with growth hormones to produce a sturdy bushy plant that is not too high and full of of flowers. These hormones take forever to grow out and mostly retard establishment in your soil completely so the plants die or die soon after the flowers are finished. That's just a waste of money. Serious gardeners want plants to thrive not use them as throw away fillers that last three weeks. Just wish i could buy Salvia plugs because I'm so sick of finished plants covered in flowers dying in a few weeks after the flowers do.
I’m hesitant to stratify in soil in a bag. It seems like it would be a nightmare to separate out the seeds to transfer into cells afterwards. Is it not as bad as I’m imagining? Is there a trick to it? If so could you show how?
Great! Thank you! I’m looking forward to trying to grow several varieties of lavender this winter and spring. I found your video refreshing because you’re not located on the West Coast or Deep South. You understand the challenges of Midwest growing!
Having alot of trouble getting the seeds to start. And when they do start, they seem to just flop over and die... not even just Iceplant, but just about every plant I've tried to grow (from seed)
I bought one of those herb kits at Home Depot and it never came up. Luckily I dug in the seed start and I found 2 sprouts. Out of the many seed I planted. I’m going to try to grow these sprouts with your instruction. Thank you!
When you direct sow in the flats, do you have soil first on the bottom and then seed and vermiculite on top? Or are you using only vermiculite for both bottom and on top? Hope you can make a video how you direct sow when you have time! 😃
Rodger, i have never grown anything in my life and have got English lavender seeds and want to plant in my garden borders, i live in the northeast brazil now with sand garden borders, do i need to put some organic soil ? any other tips
Yes, or course. Not the way we generally start Lavender as we direct seed with a seeder into 288 and 512 cell flats, then stratify in the flats, normally.
@@moonshinedesignsnursery3310 once you put the seeds in the 288 cell to stratify, can I put it in fridge covered with plastic? So I need to check on water during the 6 weeks of stratification?
