Germinating now- - photos of seedlings

[Rick R.]

Tristan, I see some polygala with green cotyledons and some dark colored.  What's up with that?  Age?

I have had some Phyteuma seed lots wait for the second year, but mostly they germinated with planting in warm for me. 

[Diane Whitehead]

Are you growing in popcorn?

[Tristan_He]

Tristan, I see some polygala with green cotyledons and some dark colored.  What's up with that?  Age?

I have had some Phyteuma seed lots wait for the second year, but mostly they germinated with planting in warm for me.

Hi Rick, re: colour, I think it's light. They came up green and have coloured up over the last week or two. There may also be some genetic variation in the seed batch causing this.

Phyteuma: that's interesting. What species was it and how do you sow your seed?

[Tristan_He]

Are you growing in popcorn?

  Looks a bit like it! No, it's perlite Diane. See https://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=6490.1222
for a description.

[Leucogenes]

Just made a nice surprise in the sowings of last year....
Astragalus vesiculosus from the Chilean highlands.... hidden under masses of moss...🤞

[Rick R.]

Phyteuma: that's interesting[that they germinate without a cold treatment]. What species was it and how do you sow your seed?

Well I will preface with: I don't know if the species are identified correctly as all my seed is from seed ex sources....  Yes, P. spicatum and P. hemishericum are fairly easy, but really, what differentiates scheuzeri, orbiculare, sieberi, vagneri?

Anyway, P. spicatum is the only one I have grown that always seems to need a cold treatment.  Orbiculare experience reveals one time yes, one time no.  Serratum, scheuzeri, and sieberi all came with with just warm treatment, although they germinated at least as well when winter sowed. 

Seed is sown directly onto soil surface and covered with not more than a cm of #2 granite grit.

[Tristan_He]

Thanks Rick. I've tried various species: orbiculare; scheuchzeri; vagneri; pedemontanum and hemisphaericum at least over the years, generally with little success. Mostly these will have been sown between Dec and Feb as seed lists from suppliers and exchanges aren't generally available before about November at the earliest. This year I managed to get some seed in September for an autumn sowing, with better results. Perhaps I'll try covering the seed a bit deeper next time.

P. nigrum self-sows around the garden, funnily enough, though of course this gets a cold treatment by default.

[Tristan_He]

Pinguicula longifolia seedlings sown last autumn are getting a bit bigger, and are recognisably butterworts. They should be big enough now to compete with any mosses and liverworts that colonise the pot.

[fermi de Sousa]

Biarum from Seeds of Peace 2017 sown 24-03-2018.
First appearance of foliage above ground so I suppose that they are hypogeal germinators
cheers
fermi

[Roma]

I've never sown Cardiocrinum seed before.  I have a few bulbs which are clonal descendants from one I got from the Cruickshank Botanic Garden when working there so have never felt the need to do so. I haven't split the daughter bulbs the last couple of times I had a flower stem but I still have a few growing.  The cardiocrinums were there in 1977 so have been propagated clonally for a long time.
A few germinated last year but look what came up this year!  What am I going to do with them all?

[hamparstum]

Roma Congratulations! I wish I were in your place. I surely would have room for so many. It's a wonderful opportunity to spread them out! Unfortunately I'm way too far away if not I would place my begging hand!
Arturo

[fermi de Sousa]

These crocus were sown last year and have decided to germinate this winter
Crocus oreocreticus
Crocus fleischeri
Crocus cartwrightianus
Crocus mathewii
Crocus danfordiae
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

Some Paeonia mascula russoi sown in the ground last November have decided to germinate
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

Cyclamen graecum germinating after being sown in April 2020!
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

Pleased to see some Crocus autranii germinating after seeing the pic of the flower posted by Janis recently
cheers
fermi