Salpiglossis mix, organic seeds

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Information


 

Product number:840
Scientific name:Salpiglossis sinuata
Botanic family:The Nightshade Family - Solanaceae
Organic:Yes
Days to maturity:105
Lifespan:Annual
F1 Hybrid:No
New variety:No
Sowing time:Pre-cultivate: February–April
Sowing depth:0,1 cm
Germination time:10-30 days
Plant spacing:30cm
Row spacing:30 cm
Height:40-50 cm
Plant location:Sun
Harvest/blooming:July-september
Edible seeds:No
Seeds/g:4500-5000 seeds
Other:Light germinating
Heirloom variety:No

Cultivation advice

Sowing

So much shallow indoors in February-April, plant outside after the last frost. Cover the seedbed with vermuculite or plastic with air holes in. Keep an even moisture. The seeds needs light to germinate.

Spacing

Keep a distance of 25-30 cm between the plants and the rows. Plant in groups for a colorful little shrub.

Harvest

Pick flowers continuously to stimulate abundant flowering. Excellent as a cut flower, stands for a long time in a vase. The whole plant is poisonous.

Seed

1 g is about 4500 seeds.
One portion contains about 200 seeds.