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  • Jack 3Jack 3 Posts: 360

    Handy advice here. I just bought some Nicotiana Affinis seeds online, recommended by you Nutcutlet on another thread. I was thinking about whether to sow them outside after that last frost or inside, but after reading this I think I'll use a coldframe. I got a plastic small tunnel one as a present.

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 26,996

    Good idea Jack. The seedlings are tiny and easily swamped in the garden. Sow them  thinly or they're tricky to prick out.



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Jack 3Jack 3 Posts: 360

    Ah thanks. The only amount the seller sold was 3200, does that seem like a lot? They were only 99p and 49p postage.

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 26,996

    You can sow what you need and sent the rest to gardening jeannie for the flooded gardens effort.

    Where did you get them? that's a lot of seed for not much money

     



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Jack 3Jack 3 Posts: 360

    Ah yes, good idea! Got them from ebay, the seller's give a good description of how they source and what they do etc. I don't know whether I'm allowed to say the sellers name?

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 26,996

    I think so Jack, other companies get mentioned, for and against.

    I don't need any Nicotiana, I saved last year's, but wondered what else he/she had



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Jack 3Jack 3 Posts: 360

    premier_seeds_direct. Don't know whether the underscores matter, Read the little write up about themselves on each of their listings. You can buy seeds and only pay one postage, and buy six or more and pay no postage.

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 26,996

    Thanks Jack. I see they've got plant labels in 1000s and 2000s.  That's useful. I get through a lot of those



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Jack 3Jack 3 Posts: 360

    No worries.

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