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Agapanthus Seedlings

Torg22Torg22 Posts: 302
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Hi. I am growing some agapanthus seedlings but am a little concerned by how much they resemble grass.. Could someone please put my mind to rest and confirm that they are meant to look like this? 

Additionally, they are getting quite large now. Should they be potted on, if so in how big container and in what soil? Thanks in advance. 


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  • LynLyn Posts: 21,383
    I hate to burst your bubble but that is grass, here’s what they should look like.

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 28,840
    When I sowed some of my seeds a few years ago they definitely looked like grass.  Like any other seedling they need potting on in individual pots - small to start with - so they can grow their own root system.  I would use a Hohn Innes no 2 compost, maybe mixed with a little MPC for moisture retention but not too much.

    Pot on again when roots show at the base of the pot and keep potting on into John Innes no 3.   It will take a couple of years to get to flowering size so you'll need patience.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 82,771
    The plants in the OP's photo are definitely grass.   :(
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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 28,840
    All of them?  That photo is so big it didn't load for me first time.  Monday morning internet speed - or lack thereof!
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
  • lilysillylilysilly Posts: 511
    I think that the newer leaves poking through are agapanthus seedlings. The leaves are fleshier looking and have a slightly rounder end to the leaf and look like seedlings I've had in the past. Do you know what variety of agapanthus the seeds came from? Agapanthus have varying thickness of leaves.
  • Torg22Torg22 Posts: 302
    To be honest I just collected them from plants down at the seafront. Blue variety :) 

    It's strange. I done 2 trays worth, one with this variety and another with a different variety from my mother in laws garden. The other variety hasn't germinated at all (nothing growing) and then you have the tray that ive shown you a pic of.. If it is grass then I don't understand why it hasn't grown in both the trays. Now I'm really confused..


  • LynLyn Posts: 21,383
    That is grass, agapanthus seedlings are one single strand, I grow loads of them. 
    I can see one single strand, looks a bit yellowy compared to the grass, may be one or two. Anything with several strands is grass. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • lilysillylilysilly Posts: 511
    I showed seeds from my Taw Valley agapanthus last autumn and left the pot outside tucked in against a wall. They are only just showing now. I would pull out the seedlings that are obviously grass, the ones with many leaves. I would then just wait and see if any more emerge. I think you have 3 definite agapanthus there anyway that will grow well after potting on into little pots. I've had a flower on a 3 year old plant raised from seed before. I often get seedlings popping up in the gaps between patio slabs, these l pot up and grow on for a charity plant sale l support. Good luck with the 3 l think you have and more to come hopefully.
  • Torg22Torg22 Posts: 302
    Thanks people. I have today pulled out the 'grass' and left what I think may be the agapanthus seedlings. Think i potentially have quite a few (unless they grow into grass lol) 
  • Torg22Torg22 Posts: 302
    Its been a while but at least now I can confirm there was agapanthus growing amongst the grass after all. That said, the seedlings are taking forever to grow, they are all only an inch or so tall and have been for quite a while now.  Is this normal,  do they take a long time to get going? 
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