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22-05-2019, 08:56 PM
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Re: Cosmos from seed.

[QUOTE=Longdogs;1710352]Well, no sign of anything happening with the seeds yet but some of the dwarf Cosmos bought as plugs are now flowering.



That's a pretty colour dongles.
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Re: Cosmos from seed.

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That's odd, two packets of seed I got from Thompson and Morgan didn't germinate at all! I won't buy that John Innes no 1 for seeds again, dried out too quickly for my liking. Cosmos weren't planted in it.

If you don't mind me saying Tess, I would have used Seed & Cutting compost.
To me, JI No.1 is for potting on, not for sowing.

Having said that, I know T & M had a bad batch of seeds in for some carnivorous plants I was growing, cos they told me. I had to wait ages for their new seeds to arrive.
So far, not one single seed has come up in these new ones either. Now you say about yours too.
Most odd.
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22-05-2019, 09:03 PM
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Re: Cosmos from seed.

Are they man eating plants Mups? Perhaps they need feeding
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22-05-2019, 09:03 PM
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Re: Cosmos from seed.

Tall beautiful graceful Cosmos dancing a waving in the breeze.
I just threw some seed in amongst the Rambling Roses.

What a lovely surprise when they flowered.
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22-05-2019, 09:04 PM
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Re: Cosmos from seed.

I planted some Cosmos seeds in a seed tray, I used Jacks Magic compost, and only 12 seedlings came up. I need to transplant them into single pots, hopefully they’ll grow stronger then.
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22-05-2019, 09:06 PM
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Re: Cosmos from seed.

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Are they man eating plants Mups? Perhaps they need feeding

Yes they are, and what's more, I can think of one or two I'd like to feed 'em with too - if the plants ever grow.
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22-05-2019, 09:07 PM
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Re: Cosmos from seed.

I think it was Innes no1 it might have been a different one, very sandy, dried out in minutes.
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Re: Cosmos from seed.

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I think it was Innes no1 it might have been a different one, very sandy, dried out in minutes.

Tess, just a thought, but where did you buy it?
Wasn't Wyevale's own make, was it?
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22-05-2019, 10:41 PM
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Re: Cosmos from seed.

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Tess, just a thought, but where did you buy it?
Wasn't Wyevale's own make, was it?
Ummmm, dunno
Could be we are near a Wyevale...
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22-05-2019, 10:57 PM
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Re: Cosmos from seed.

Originally Posted by TessA ->
Ummmm, dunno
Could be we are near a Wyevale...

What made me ask was because you said about it being so sandy.
I have had the same problem with Wyevale's own brand, Tess.

In fact I won't buy it now because no matter which one I tried, whether it was multi-purpose, seed, ericaceous etc, they were all nearly orange with sand when I opened them. None were a nice dark compost at all.
They weighed a ton too, which was all the sand.

I won't touch theirs now.

Has anyone else found this with Wyevale composts?
 
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