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Seedy Subjects! => Grow From Seed => Topic started by: snowdropman on January 23, 2007, 09:11:19 PM

Title: Fritillaria seed
Post by: snowdropman on January 23, 2007, 09:11:19 PM

I have several forms of Fritillaria seed sitting in the fridge, but am not sure how to sow them - help!

Title: Re: Fritillaria seed
Post by: Maggi Young on January 23, 2007, 09:14:26 PM

Chris, this last week's bulb log was all about erythonium and fritillaria seed/sowing.
 See it here:      http://www.srgc.org.uk/bulblog/log2007/170107/log.html
I commend it to you!

Title: Re: Fritillaria seed
Post by: snowdropman on January 23, 2007, 09:23:31 PM

Hi Maggi - thanks, just what I needed - Ian must have heard me coming!

Title: Re: Fritillaria seed
Post by: Gerard Oud on March 02, 2007, 06:41:36 PM

Hello chris,

I do also grow fritillaria Persica from seed and i put them on some peat and cover them with a little bit of sand ,not fine sand, and just keep them a little wet and the sun will do the rest.

Title: Re: Fritillaria seed
Post by: Gerard Oud on March 03, 2007, 02:10:30 PM

Here is a photo from march 3 2007, Fritillaria Persica seedlings.

Title: Re: Fritillaria seed
Post by: snowdropman on March 13, 2007, 07:30:43 PM

Having successfully germinated my fritiallaria seeds, what is the next step?

At present they are sitting in my cold frame & I am keeping the soil moist.

Do I have to repot at some stage, or do I just leave them in their existing pots?

Title: Re: Fritillaria seed
Post by: Maggi Young on March 13, 2007, 08:14:22 PM

Chris, as the Prime Minister, and even the Scottish First Minister, says, "I refer you to my previous answer" !! All this stuff is in the Bulb Log, that's why it is the Bulb Log!!

Title: Re: Fritillaria seed
Post by: snowdropman on March 13, 2007, 08:42:17 PM

Thanks Maggi, but how do I make a search of the Bulb Log?

Title: Re: Fritillaria seed
Post by: Maggi Young on March 13, 2007, 09:07:02 PM

The Bulb Log is not searchable, I'm afraid.  Typing what you want  into Google is a good way, the Log comes up very high on most searches. Using time of year to narrow down options is another way....look at it this way, no pain, no gain!

Title: Re: Fritillaria seed
Post by: David Pilling on March 13, 2007, 09:27:11 PM

Quote from: Maggi Young on March 13, 2007, 09:07:02 PM

The Bulb Log is not searchable

Typing

site:http://www.srgc.org.uk/bulblog snowdrop

will let you use Google to search just the bulblog for e.g. snowdrop just change that to whatever you want.

Title: Re: Fritillaria seed
Post by: snowdropman on March 13, 2007, 09:30:28 PM

Most helpful David, thank you.

Title: Re: Fritillaria seed
Post by: Maggi Young on March 13, 2007, 09:30:42 PM

Thank you, David, yes, that is correct. Ian has just come past and said the very same thing!

Title: Re: Fritillaria seed
Post by: Maggi Young on March 13, 2007, 09:41:23 PM

Using David P's method : here are some places to start:
Log No 7 2005 for feding regime

http://www.srgc.org.uk/bulblog/log2006/061206/log.html
http://www.srgc.org.uk/bulblog/log2007/240107/log.html

Title: Re: Fritillaria seed
Post by: Lesley Cox on March 13, 2007, 10:46:06 PM

Or even better, go to the bulb log itself and replay a few logs from this same time of year. By going back to logs of quite a while ago, you relearn much of what you'd already forgotten and also find significance in items which at the time maybe didn't mean much due to not having grown something or perhaps a new interest having developed in the meantime. Forget the old saying "you can never go back!"