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I received calendula and allysum seeds with no information as to when to plant them. Can anyone tell me the best time to plant the seeds? I live in snowy Ohio. Thank You
* * * * The only thing I grow in my garden is tired Plants: 2 | From: Mentor, Ohio | Registered: Sep 2005
| Seeded: 63.81.205.21
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Hi Angie, Welcome to The Garden Helper's Forum! We're very glad you found us........
Question??? How many Calendula seeds do you have???
Why I'm asking is, I am a big experimenter and love to find out which is the easiest for me and for the plants...
The first try I would do is...... find a place you'd like them to grow.. in a flower bed or where ever.. and throw half of your seed on it.. Mine drop on the dirt and over winter, but I live in Growing Zone 5 but where they over winter is like a micro~climate 6. But, leave some out over winter and watch for sprouts come late spring, early summer when the soil warms up..
Then save some seeds and either throw them on top of the worked up dirt/soil or plant them in 6~packs the normal time you'd start seeds in the spring time...
That way, I think you'll end up with some plants, and you see which way was easier for you and the how well the plants survived and how much work, either of the ways were!!!
For the allysum, I'd do in the spring time too. They are annuals, and in some places they may over winter, but for Ohio, I'm not too sure????
* * * * Weezie
Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2
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Good luck with the calendula. I'm not happy with mine. They produced buds but the buds didn't open. I won't be doing them again next year that's for sure.
Plants: 8557 | From: triangle, virginia | Registered: Mar 2005
| Seeded: 4.249.51.169
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Mine are like weeds.. I had thrown one of the first flower heads, that were fading, on top of my new flower bed and they sprouted with in days.. Just lightly touched them to the top of the dirt and waa~laaa, sprouts..
Mine over winter in a South facing raised bed.
Can you tell us what you did for them, the water, dirt, sun, fert Tammy????
* * * * Weezie
Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2
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Well Weezie as you know from my many posts lol. My clay has a lot of clay in it. A hole lot of clay in it. In fact you could probably say it is all clay lol. It's in a sunny spot except when the zinnias high the sun from them. Which since only about 5 survived the flower pluckers in my neighborhood isn't a lot of shade lol. They get watered most mornings but I would say I loose most of the water to run off. I'm still working on correcting that situation. Fertilizer I would definitely say has been minimal this year. Possible once a month with a water soluble all purpose plant food. 6-8-7 I think. You know how bad my memory is.
As usually I remembered the information for them wrong and thought they were a biennial and wouldn't bloom until next year. Imagine my suprise a couple of weeks ago when they started budding. But the buds never open. I don't know what that's all about.
Plants: 8557 | From: triangle, virginia | Registered: Mar 2005
| Seeded: 4.249.51.39
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