Germinating now- - photos of seedlings

[Lesley Cox]

Latestart - I don't think anyone has answered your "should I try to save them all or just the strongest ones" query. If they were mine I'd save every one if possible. Ramondas are choice and precious and for many people, difficult if they have a dry or hot climate. If you have too many you can always take them to a sales table where I would image they'd be gratefully received. Any Ramonda is a GOOD Ramonda.

[hud357]

I recently received some seeds from HansJ of Hippeastrum harrisonii, I looked on google on how to grow them having never grown these from seed before. Some say germinate them in tepid water, some on the surface of damp compost, I decided to try both methods. I checked on them every other day and watered or added water when needed. I checked again this evening and some of the seeds in the water have germinated while the ones on the compost have not done much at all. I might try the water meathod with other bulb seeds.

I tried them in the more traditional pot of cat litter 
They seem to be doing OK. There is usually a new one poking its head up most days at the moment.

They are stood in a couple of cm of water and held at around 25C.

The big leaf hanging over the pot is drosera adelae (Australian rainforest)
 

[Hans J]

It is great to see that now seedlings from my seeds are growing all over  the world 

Hans

[johnralphcarpenter]

It is great to see that now seedlings from my seeds are growing all over  the world 

Hans

I sowed them in my usual mixture of Growchar seed compost and perlite, watered them well and put them in a sealed plastic bag on a shady windowledge. Germinating now. I must confess when I received the seeds I wondered if they were viable - they're very flat, aren't they!

[Hans J]

Great Ralph 

 Hippeastrum seeds looks always same - similar like Zephyranthes ,Habranthus ...

Hans

[Hans J]

Good News now also from me 
I have some seeds sown (  only for testing ) in my most succsessful method for Hippeastrum - today I could see also first germinatet seedlings 
They are sown in pur Seramis - the pot is in a closed plastic bag ...thats works for me fine

Hans 

[Botanica]

SRGC Seeds  / 3337 Primula secundiflora


SRGC Seeds  / 421 Aquilegia linifolia and 456 Aquilegia yabeana

[Botanica]

eriophyllum lanatum

[ian mcdonald]

Seed germination rate this year about 10%. This is average for many years. Perhaps just throwing the seed on the garden would improve things?

[Matt T]

Seed germination rate this year about 10%. This is average for many years. Perhaps just throwing the seed on the garden would improve things?

Hi Ian,
I've tried throwing seed directly into troughs and am pleased to find that most are germinating sooner or later. At least it avoids a few more seed pots hanging around for 2-3 years and I'm sure that most seeds sown in-situ will grow into a better plant than those disturbed by pricking out and potting on. Of course, you could sow in pots to start with and throw any ungerminated ones onto the garden as a mulch top dressing where they may still produce something.

[johnralphcarpenter]

It is great to see that now seedlings from my seeds are growing all over  the world 

Hans

Hippeastrum harrisonii seedlings doing very well.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Crinum bulbispermum 'Jumbo Strain' seedling from PBS seed.

[fermi de Sousa]

First seedling of Galanthus regina-olgae from Roland ;
second seedling up on Arum creticum from SRGC 2013
cheers
fermi

[Lesley Cox]

Of course, you could sow in pots to start with and throw any ungerminated ones onto the garden as a mulch top dressing where they may still produce something.

They can indeed Matt. Once years ago I threw out a pot of non germinated seed of Primula reidii - I think it was from Jack Drake. In the springtime I had a nice little batch come up under growing lettuces in the vegetable garden and of course, my once precious (now deceased) Ranunculus semiverticillatus from a John Watson collection, came up in the gravel by my driveway after having been thrown there because nothing had "coom oop."

[Lesley Cox]

I mentioned a few days ago that I had a few second year seedlings from Anne Wright's "yellow" galanthus. Yesterday there were 8 new ones, after horrible frosts. We're having a couple of days with relatively mild weather and no frost at night then 3 or 4 with savage frost, sun to follow but still very cold. I think that must be all of Anne's seedlings, about 15 or so now.