Chilean glory vine germination?
Big Al
Just wondering if there was anyone with tips on germinating Chilean Glory
Vine, Eccremocarpus scaber? I planted about a dozen a month ago (standard
seed tray on sunny windowsill), and have only had two come up. I kinda
hoped for one or two more and have a few seeds left (Unwins aren't exactly
generous) - any ideas?
Incidentally, they're a bit hardier than the books suggest - my parents had
one that kept going for 7-8 years in the foothills of the Peak District.
Admittedly that was against a 5' retaining wall facing SW with a fence on
top, and the frost tends to roll down the hill there. Good value though -
flowered for most of the summer.
cross
"Big Al" <a.ainsliea...@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
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> Hi folks
>
> Just wondering if there was anyone with tips on germinating Chilean Glory
> Vine, Eccremocarpus scaber? I planted about a dozen a month ago (standard
> seed tray on sunny windowsill), and have only had two come up. I kinda
> hoped for one or two more and have a few seeds left (Unwins aren't exactly
> generous) - any ideas?
>
Advice given with the free Glory Vine seeds that I got with GW magazine last
month was, do not cover them as they need light to germinate, but add
compost as they grow. I have only got 4 out of about 8 to grow, so they seem
to be a bit temporamental :-( HTH.
Marina
E Sx
Nick Maclaren
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a.ainsliea...@127.0.0.1 (Big Al) writes:
|>
|> Just wondering if there was anyone with tips on germinating Chilean Glory
|> Vine, Eccremocarpus scaber? I planted about a dozen a month ago (standard
|> seed tray on sunny windowsill), and have only had two come up. I kinda
|> hoped for one or two more and have a few seeds left (Unwins aren't exactly
|> generous) - any ideas?
Chiltern say that the seeds may need light for germination, so they
should be surface sown and the pot covered with clingfilm.
|> Incidentally, they're a bit hardier than the books suggest - my parents had
|> one that kept going for 7-8 years in the foothills of the Peak District.
|> Admittedly that was against a 5' retaining wall facing SW with a fence on
|> top, and the frost tends to roll down the hill there. Good value though -
|> flowered for most of the summer.
I grew one in Cambridge for a few years, and someone I gave plants to
also had them overwinter. But I suspect that some of that is them
self-seeding and actually growing as annuals.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren,
University of Cambridge Computing Service,
New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QG, England.
Email: nm...@cam.ac.uk
Tel.: +44 1223 334761 Fax: +44 1223 334679
Martin Froggatt
>Vine, Eccremocarpus scaber?
These plants do require light for successful germination. I fill a pot with
compost then add a layer of grit. The seed is sown onto the grit and watered
in. I use this method for all seeds that require light for germination,in
particular members of Primulaceae.
With regard to hardiness of Eccremocarpus, I have three plants growing at the
base of a south facing wall. They are treated like group 3 Clematis and grow
away strongly each year after pruning. They will self seed freely and copious
amounts of seed are produced from the attractive seed pods.
Martin Froggatt.
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I took the one less travelled by,
and that has made all the difference."
Robert Frost.
Big Al
>I grew one in Cambridge for a few years, and someone I gave plants to
>also had them overwinter. But I suspect that some of that is them
>self-seeding and actually growing as annuals.
There was some of that, but it was definitely the original that kept
going, although the bit above the wall would get cut back.
Thanks to all for your suggestions - sounds like the problem is lack of
light.
Rob Graham
Scotland from a young plant last year, which, all be it against a south
facing wall, survived -14C this past winter with one stem surviving and
flowering already. Considering how freely these produce seed it does seem a
bit mean to hand out small quantities.
Thanks for the info about germination - I haven;t succeeded in getting one
to come up obviously because I covered them. Need to check my stocks and
see if there's any left.
Rob
Edinburgh
John Edgar
I have grown this with some success in Yorkshire. Now I have moved to
Sussex we put in 2: 1 has died but the other on a SW facing wall is doing
fine.
To germinate we just put seeds in pots (1 per pot) in a warm place and
left them for a few weeks. Then we hardened them off very gently outside
in the pots and then we planted them out in late May. We're happy with
just the one at the moment.
In Yorks. it never started to flower until May but here in Sussex it was
going in early March! And then it just keeps on flowering to late October.
As you say, great value.
John
On Wed, 25 Apr 2001 12:41:21 GMT, a.ainsliea...@127.0.0.1 (Big Al)
wrote:
trevor.appleton
Magazine seeds?
Trevor
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Big Al
>Thats two more than me. I presume they were the free Gardeners World
>Magazine seeds?
>
>Trevor
>
No - I gave Unwins some of my hard-earned. It's their own blend (Fireworks
IIRC). Hadn't realised they were on a mag - rats. Definetley worth
persisting with, though.
Janet Tweedy
>wrote:
> I kinda
>>hoped for one or two more and have a few seeds left (Unwins aren't exactly
>>generous) - any ideas?
I had tons and tons from last year both orange red and the cream tresco
one, if I have any packets left you are welcome to them, they seem to
germinate okay.
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk
lara.shepley-smith
the seed tray quite cool.
Lara
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cormaic
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words......:
>I've had about dozen come through - but it's taken a good few weeks. I kept
>the seed tray quite cool.
>
I grew it for the first time last year, after being sent some
seeds by JennyC, and was really pleased with the results. However, due
to the atrocious weather from August onwards, I never got to collect
any seed to sow for this year.
However, earlier today, I was tidying up some of the windy
boxes that were taken down and dumped at the back of the fence last
autumn, and guess what is growing like a bloody weed in one of them?
I've extracted 10 individual plants and transferred them to
individual pots for the time being, while I get the windy boxes sorted
out and then they can be planted at the foot of the winter jasmine
again, a spot they seemed to enjoy last year.
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Peter Yates
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Gardener's World free seeds. I wonder what I have done wrong. I sowed them
more than a month ago, still nothing! Do you think they are lost now? Where
did I go wrong? I sowed them in a largish pot in soiless compost, covered
with a plastic bag and left on a south facing window - sill ( mind you with
the weather we had not so sunny!) So they were quite cool, but nothing... In
desperation, I have just moved them to my tiny propagator, but maybe I
should not have done so , I just thought that a little chock therapy might
work..
I would appreciate any hints on the matter!
Laure Yates
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