Click on this link and it will tell you in detail http://www.talktalk.co.uk/lifestyle/homesgardens/thompson_morgan/petunia.html# It is what I do. I sow them every year, usually works fine, occasionally doesn't. Saw you had a problem with lobelia. I sowed them like in the link last year and I had lots. Tricky to prick out though as they are very small.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
No need to prick out Lobelia, sow them in 2 inch module trays, put a pinch of seed in each and just leave them in there untilready to plant out, I buy from Premier seed, ebay, 4000 in a packet, I grow the whole lot, you can never have too many lobelia plants.
Petunias are the easiest of seeds, they all germinate, have a go, follow the instructions in the above link,
I sow Lobelia indoors in mid to late Feb, but Petunias, never before mid March.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Posts
Click on this link and it will tell you in detail http://www.talktalk.co.uk/lifestyle/homesgardens/thompson_morgan/petunia.html# It is what I do. I sow them every year, usually works fine, occasionally doesn't. Saw you had a problem with lobelia. I sowed them like in the link last year and I had lots. Tricky to prick out though as they are very small.
cheers i will click on your link.
Thanks for that BL it's a useful guide. Planning to try and grow my own this year for the first time.
No need to prick out Lobelia, sow them in 2 inch module trays, put a pinch of seed in each and just leave them in there untilready to plant out, I buy from Premier seed, ebay, 4000 in a packet, I grow the whole lot, you can never have too many lobelia plants.
Petunias are the easiest of seeds, they all germinate, have a go, follow the instructions in the above link,
I sow Lobelia indoors in mid to late Feb, but Petunias, never before mid March.