Please can anyone, help I have been trying for several years to get sinigrande from seed. The seed is good, I surface sow on a pot and keep moist in a plastic bag. They germinate, the seedlings are minute they site there still minute for several months then the scariad larvae gets them! they just don't want to grow at all I have read rhod seedlings are really fast- what am Ii doing wrong please? Lou
I assume have the same problem I have had with fungus gnats. I won't be able to help you there as that has been my downfall. You do have to lick the gnats as Peat and gnats go hand in hand. I found a lot of good advice on that on the web, but can't try again till next year. As for the growth, I don't have that problem. Peat is a good starter but it lacks nutrition. I recall a grower (Leach) describing throwing out a batch of seedling and being surprised that they were still alive several years later but had not grown. A mild liquid acid fertilizer (miracid) should help there.
Thanks very much for your reply, I have bought a plant anyway but am determined to get these to germ, best of luck to both of us then! Lou winter Hill Plants http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dia.smith/index.html
Yea, I always say next year ... going to try Van Ness Sensation and if I can a unnamed brilliant yellow hybrid -- may have to try cuttings on that one though as I think it may be infertal -- it kind looks like these pictures but isn't. I'm new to this forum so I'm actually seeing if I can upload ...
