The Trick to Grow Lavender from Seed 

I am about to start planting lavender and peppermint plants mostly for their repellent properties… this is very useful. Thank you

Great tip! Lavender self seeds in my yard so I am always finding young plants each year. No need to seed. Nature is wonderful!

Totally makes sense! I bought a lavender seed starter from a thrift store and have been wondering WHY it’s taking so long to grow. Thank you for explaining!

I’ve had lavender in my garden for 35 years. I love to cut the blooms, dry them and make lavender sashes. One year, I didn’t get around to it and all my blooms went to seed. So imagine my surprise when the year after, I literally had hundreds of lavender seedlings growing in the gravel of the driveway. Since that time I top dress my lavender with grit and stones and this is how I get my lavender to seed…transplanting them when they are large enough.

I weed my garden by hand, and this year I noticed a lot of seedlings of my lavender plants! I carefully moved them into flowerpots. So now I have more than 150 seedlings by the window, and they are thriving! Now I look for them in the garden and I discover new ones every day 😀 Your advice is awesome. Ordered some seedtrays (a bit premature, I know) , I'm going to collect the seeds of my lavender. A new hobby is born

Jason, so happy spring is here and we can enjoy all of your great videos and gardening tips. Thanks for sharing.

I winter sowed my seeds last year in recycled milk jugs. I also planted some under grow lights with a cover in a very warm room and they both germinated well. The winter sown plants seemed to do a little better initially, but by fall they were both doing well. I harvested the seeds from my Munstead plants that had been growing for 3 yrs. I don’t really need more plants I was just curious which method would work both. My experiments go to friends/neighbors/family and this year I’m also donating some to a local nursing home. The elderly love them. I guess I should mention that I’m elderly too. 😊 I’ll garden and grow as long as I’m able!

I have tried the Munstead and Elegance Purple this time. I have stratified the Munstead for about 3 weeks and had 50% germination, the Elegance Purple was stratified for about 2 months and germinated in 4 days with almost 100% germination rate. The seeds were purchased this season from a reputable source.

We would love to see a video of the whole process of germinating as well as transferring to bigger cells

I learned so much about germinating lavender seed and germinating seeds in general. I understand now the mistakes I've been making. Thanks so much for this!

Really great information Jason.

Thanks Jason for the information. Much love from Trinidad ❤

Hi, Jason. So, I have started growing lavender from cuttings and seed 3 years ago and learned most about lavender that there is to know. I have grown thousands of plants the past 3 years. I grow my lavender on my house's roofs since I am limited by space, but they grow very well in pots. I harvest them twice a year and make lavender oil with my distillery I had custom built. My journey began by watching your lavender from cuttings and lavender from seed videos. Today I am quite the expert in growing, maintaining and harvesting lavender for oil and hydrosol. My next step is to buy a small farm and begin by planting 4 Hectares and start my own lavender business. I have documented my journey from day 1 and have thousands of videos and photos. I would like to share some with you if you are interested. It's been quite the journey so far and I am excited for the next phase. Although I have studied many many people's videos over the years, your videos really got me started and was by far the easiest to understand. I would just like to thank you for all the advice and teachings you passed along with these videos. PS: I am distilling 20 lavenders I harvested as I am writing this message, oil flow is looking good so far 👍

Not compressing the seedling mix into the cells makes so much sense the way you explain it. I got only 4 dwarf Munster seedlings after about 60 days, I was about to chuck out the tray. Definitely will do things different next year. 😅 live n learn!

this is a great video, thank you very much for sharing. I wonder about the seeds this year-all the pansies, petunias and herb seeds I've sown failed. I've gardened for 65 years, I have 2 greenhouses, and always get 90% germination but wow, this year is really frustrating. You are a great teacher, I wish I was your neighbor ~ I'd work for free & knowledge!

Excellent video, man

Love that you recommend William Dam - I have had a lot of luck with their seeds and they are my main supplier for my home garden 😊

Unfortunately I’ve never been very lucky going with seeds, so opt to go with garden supply sources. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. 👍❤️😊

Good informative video, thanks for the content.

Wish I’d seen your videos last year before sowIng grocery store lavender seeds! Of the twenty that came up, seven have survived, and the largest, one year on, is 1 1/2 in 😂 I’m keeping them as a funny experiment at this point, but I sowed them because I wanted lavender… I will definitely buy better seed if I try it again. Many hanks for pointing that out 🙏🏻

Thank you!

We used a seedling heating mat for or Vermicomposting, it got up to 43°C !! Obviously not happy and returned the mats. Excellent as always Jason Cheers 🌱

Thanks for this informative video! Your videos have helped me so much at becoming a better gardener.

Thanks

It was helpful! Thank you!😊

Thanks so much for this. I always learn something useful from your presentations.

Thank you SO MUCH for sharing the name of the suppliers, I did exactly what it said on the package and I got maybe 1/20 that sprouted :/ I did follow instructions on the package

thank you for making good vidio and a good info. can you make vidio, how to propogate cladium? thanks a lot.

Absolutely right Jason!👌 Fresh seeds are critical to quality germination. A simple way to test that idea is to take the seeds from a fresh ripe plant, fruit, vegetable and plant those seeds within a week or even the same day. The amount of seeds that will sprout can be quite amazing. Of course some companies sterilize their produce to prevent people from doing that, but usually only the major producers. On the other hand, if you are like me and like to see just how long a certain plants seeds can remain viable, I have actually had some seeds sprout after 10 years, but that is certainly NOT a "normal" thing to do. However, I have had lavender seeds sprout that were 5+ years old. Like you said, the germination rate was greatly reduced to around 20%. Interestingly I have noticed that larger seeds do tend to have a longer span rate. I wonder if that is because the larger seeds have a great energy storage? I know that some mustard and pak choi seeds can be viable for quite a long time as well as chili pepper.🤔 At any rate, the better the seed quality and fresher they are, a much better result will certainly be achieved.😉🤙

I love how I *just* started another round of seeds and squished down the soil mix, packing it good and tight!🤦‍♀️😖

Very helpful video for me, thanks a lot ❤ Me I pressed the earth into this trays and wondered, I have the right temperature the light , why does it no grow? Old seeds and planted to deep. Now I gone do it right. Thanks

Great tips. I bought old seed i am convinced , from a box store. 3 or so seeds germinated. What is even worse than the poor germination is trying to speak to someone from the company…

It's July and I'm in northern New Mexico. is it too late to start growing my lavender? should I just wait and sow them in the fall?

Hi Jason! Happy to see another video about lavender! I wanna have your opinion about pinching. I have some seedlings stared from seeds. Some of it have two branches. When should I pinch it in order to stimulate more branches?

Thanks for this. I sowed 'Ellagance Purple' from William Dam 3 weeks ago and I have 18/23 seeds up; some look great but others look pretty delicate. I think they may have got a bit dry at some point.

Jelitto greatest 😊

Thanks for the video. I have some small seedlings that I transferred into 4inch containers. How do I know when they need to be up potted? I think I have 2 seedlings in each pot.

Hi Jason, thank you for sharing this video with us. I found it very helpful. I've been trying to germinate globe thistle seeds for two years now and have had zero success. Any chance you would be able to shed some light on this? Your help is much appreciated.

Hi Jason! At what point can the lavender be moved outside if I'm planting it in the ground? Is it ok to plant in the ground and not a pot?

hello from India 😊

Thanks for the video. Do you know what variety of Lavender has the highest yields of essential oils? but still can be grown from seed? I've researched that the best yielders you can only grow from cuttings but I can't find info on what varieties would yield pretty good but still can be propagated from seed. I just like to have seed propagation when choosing plants if possible. Thanks for any info on this. Thanks.

Can one germinate lavander seeds outside (protected from rain of course) in the hot summer where temps get up into the low 90s?

Is there an ideal time to plant the seedlings indoors or can I start anytime? I’m in zone 8B. Thanks!

A common issue in the US specifically in regards to seeds is imported seeds, many sellers from other countries which sell seeds in bulk. Sellers on 3rd party markets can buy these seeds, you don't always know the source, they don't always grow the seeds themselves. They may claim to do so, and some may grow some seeds, but be a middle man for other seeds. My point being in the US unless specifically stated otherwise all packages imported are hit with radiation. Not enough to be harmful to a person, just a quick burst to kill bugs, parasites, or other invasive species which may have made their way into the package. This kills seeds, so many of the seeds imported incorrectly are not fertile. This is a problem I dealt with commonly when trying to source exotic seeds I couldn't acquire through normal means. I couldn't figure out what was going on until I researched the matter, and discovered this many years back. You don't know how a sell is acquiring their seeds, just because they are selling from within the country doesn't mean they didn't import the seeds themselves. Though this isn't something you would need to worry about with established businesses, more so smaller sellers.

My lavender got zapped during the arctic blast we experienced December 2022 East TN

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So great advice! I got some seeds only 1 came up under an Areogrower thing i use it to pop seeds. Its way too cool outside this summer in Alaska.

Very helpful tips. Do you have any tips on growing platycodon grandiflorus from seeds? I'm in zone 7a and struggle to get seedlings grow indoor. Any help will be appreciated!

Do you just focus on making sure they are getting light? How often do you have to water?

Just to clarify how many seeds per cell to go for Jason? Also, what are the commercial benefits of lavender do they suffer pests? You never fail to come up with very interesting videos is that a Mars Hydro 150w?

Is it true that deer do not like lavender? If so would it be a possible deterrent planted around young trees? The bucks absolutely tear my new Magnolias to shreds. Wondering if planting Lavender at base would possibly stop this. The only other course of action is building a fence around young Mags and Crepes which not possible at this time - haha. Thank you for your useful information.

How long will they sit in the tray before I can transfer them into a bigger pot? Also, how long until we can see the first blooms of Lavender? Starting a small lavender farm in Los Angeles county. Just started about 80 seedlings from seed Thank you!

Does lavender hibernate during the winter (Michigan).

So if I keep them just in the house, maybe next to a window, than they can get enough light? sry my english is very bad.

Those seeds are so small, you sneeze and they will be gone

I have been growing seeds of almost everything from nicotiana to cactus the last 30 years so tried lavender this year. I got different varieties from West Coast Seeds at quite a price! $6 for 10 seeds. So out of 72 I got 4 to germinate! I'm trying some outdoors (zone 6b) too but I'm not impressed. Better to buy them as plants on deep discount later in the year! My biggest failure probably ever! Lavender has left a very bad taste in my mouth, never again!!!

I for the life of me can't figure out why all your videos from the past 3 months have a Spanish dub/spoken closed captoon over them when I watch on my Android TV box, but on mobile perfectly normal.

Im going to soak my seeds in 3% fg hydrogen peroxide overnight