I’m a novice gardener and have just bought 50 clematis seeds I had no idea how complicated the process is.im just going to plant them and hope for the best!great content!
Very enjoyable to listen to i have grown Clematis from seed myself i have recently got some to grow but i used a heated propagator i have 4 varieties and so far 2 have sprouted and are about one and a half inches high so fingers crossed
I am a french Quebec resident (Canada) and I just discover your videos. I love them. Thanks for all of us. I have a question about seedings in vermiculite. Do I have to put the bag in darkness during the germination process.
I would appreciate another piece of advice. One month ago, I put clematis seeds in perlite as shown in your video and I put it in the darkness. With your answer, I decide to put it in a more luminous place (non-direct sun) and realize that I see some roots but don't see any «sprouts». For the moment, I hesitate to manipulate my bag, maybe there are some. What I have to do at this moment? Do I have to put «these roots» in potting soil? Thank you for your answer.
Thank you Ken; the vermiculite bag must have the same effect as a bag of potatoes which can sprout easily anywhere. Pots are messy on a window sill - a real test of patience.
Thank you for such a great video, well explained, easy to follow and fantastic information. I would like to ask you a question please unrelated to this video regarding the Hydropod cuttings propagator you have used to take your Clematis cuttings in previous video you did. Do you have a heater that regulates the water temperature and do you think this is necessary to root Clematis cuttings, Many thanks Ken and keep up the fantastic videos.
Hi Cliff. I do have a heater for my hydropod but have only used it once, which was last year. I put in,y first batch of cuttings earlier than usual at the beginning of March. I usually wait until April. I didn’t think that the clematis rooted any quicker because they perhaps needed more light as well, so I went back to my usual time scale this year. It might be worth you putting something on one of the clematis Facebook pages such as crazy about clematis to see if anyone else has experimented with heat in raising cuttings. Thanks for your question and good luck Ken
It was mixed really. From the bag method I had fewer germinations but they were quicker than the other ones which eventually produced more seedlings. I suppose to be really accurate I should have counted the seeds to ensure that the same number were used in each. A lesson for me to be more scientific in future. Have you tried these two methods? Ken
Not yet. I've been a daylily (hemerocallis) hybridizer for many years, and only recently thought of trying my hand at clematis. Watching your video was part of my basic research - thank you for posting it! @@kenblackclematis8272
@@kenblackclematis8272 I have my first 3 Clematis I did from cuttings plenty of early growth also ordered a hydroponics 120 unit didn't seem much point in getting a smaller one I know what im like happy days now the sun is shining
@@conaughtgreen thanks for that information. I use a 40 unit hydropod for my cuttings but I would be interested I seeing your 120 place unit. Would you send me some further details please plus a photo if you have one. Thanks Ken
@@kenblackclematis8272 yes it's still wrapped up at the moment feeling a bit apprehensive my 13 Clematis cuttings are doing okay so far took the cuttings off an unknown growth although no I'm sure I will soon know when the parent bush flowers this year Nice to see the 🌞🌞 shining let's hope those frosts clear off cheers for now Ken and thai
Thank you! Can we mixed different variety of seeds in one pot/bag for sowing or do they need to grow with their own kind? We have about 5 different varieties. Thank you! This is our first video and first attempt at pulling our own seeds from our garden. We ADORE our Clematis, it runs up the lattice we built as our privacy fence. The flower and seeds are gorgeous before pulled off. Nature is so beautiful! Excited to grow our own now, ty so much, my daughter and I enjoyed this video and have everything we need to start!! 🌻🖤
Thank you for this video, i wanted to ask about the watering for the seed. you just water it once and put it in the bag and never water again ? until the germination happens ? and the type of the sand, what is it may i know ?
yes the seeds need no more water before germination because the bag seals in the moisture. With the bag method I just use vermiculite for the seeds but when I use a plant pot I use compost with gritty sand mixed in and some gravel on top
My aim is to get the clematis rooted before winter but it is too small to plant in the ground. I will grow it on in a pot for at least another year before planting it out.
I’m have started to grow clematis from seed. They likely will not germinate before winter. What do I do with my pots when it gets cold? Can they be left outside in a shed or should they be brought inside for the winter?
@@t.narolaremy6608 clematis will grow well from cuttings. The seeds from clematis sometimes take a while to germinate, but because you don’t know what the resultant plants will look like, because they will have been cross pollinated, it is worth the wait.
They are planted in compost mixed with grit, but it doesn’t really matter what you use because it is only when the seeds have germinated and developed at least two proper leaves that they need feeding
Not really other than I have seedlings coming up from both methods and, so far, they look to have made similar progress. I didn’t get as many germinations from the bag method as I had hoped however.
