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Yes a fantastic list of seedlings John. YOu have certainly scoured the world for seeds
Good luck John, very nice list
Very fine list, John!Do you germinate all seedlings by forced germination?See your plants are advanced - here two new seedlings for this season (both camillae) and of my flowering sized plants only those started to grow which were watered ('northern species bed') - all the southern species are still dormant.
Hello Hendrik,i agree with you, in Belgium, Britain or Germany you have a lack of sunshine in winter so it is better to give the plants very little (or none) water during winter and it might be the best to slow down their growth as much as possible.My conditions are quite different - there is enough sun and best air circulation - so the growing rate does not have any importance. The problem is water to the wrong time. My observation is the northern species have not many problems and react directly after watering - southern species are more delicate especially when there are still high temperatures, fungi and/or bacteria react much faster than the rhizome and might destroy the plant before it starts growing.
Hello Hendrik,i agree with you, in Belgium, Britain or Germany you have a lack of sunshine in winter so it is better to give the plants very little (or none) water during winter and it might be the best to slow down their growth as much as possible.My conditions are quite different - there is enough sun and best air circulation - so the growingrate does not have any importance. The problem is water to the wrong time. My observation is the northern species have not many problems and react directly after watering - southern species are more delicate especially when there are still high temperatures, fungi and/or bacteria react much faster than the rhizome and might destroy the plant before it starts growing.
I agree, especially with species such as I. auranitica which is, in my opinion, the most rot sensible before growth starting.I also grow some species in the greenhouse for the first time, and started watering them yesterday... let's see how they will react, but some are already starting to grow.