hollyhock
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by mrw on August 26, 2006 07:52 AM
I have quite a few seeds from a single hollyhock. When should they be planted, now or in the spring? I live in NY state, think it's zone 5.
by weezie13 on August 26, 2006 02:24 PM
Hey Welcome Aboard fellow New Yorker!!
We're glad you found us...
I have hollyhocks, and the dried seed would normally fall to the ground just about now, and
then take root now.. *and then come spring time,
will send up the main stalk for the flowers*
(they are a biennial and will send out roots and leaves the first year, then send up flower stalks the next year)
So, I would do them now..
*You can do both too if you want..
save some and plant them in the spring and then you will always have one's coming up..*
Try planting them several ways too, to see which is easiest for you...
I take the stalks and just shake on top of some freshly raked dirt *no grass or anything on top of the soil*...
and then I also plant some on top of some regular garden soil in some 6 pk containers...
and then leave them on the ground, and the snow
will cover them up...
See which way is easiest for you and the seeds...
* * * *
Weezie
Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2
http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/
We're glad you found us...
I have hollyhocks, and the dried seed would normally fall to the ground just about now, and
then take root now.. *and then come spring time,
will send up the main stalk for the flowers*
(they are a biennial and will send out roots and leaves the first year, then send up flower stalks the next year)
So, I would do them now..
*You can do both too if you want..
save some and plant them in the spring and then you will always have one's coming up..*
Try planting them several ways too, to see which is easiest for you...
I take the stalks and just shake on top of some freshly raked dirt *no grass or anything on top of the soil*...
and then I also plant some on top of some regular garden soil in some 6 pk containers...
and then leave them on the ground, and the snow
will cover them up...
See which way is easiest for you and the seeds...
* * * *
Weezie
Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2
http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/
by mrw on August 27, 2006 04:42 AM
Thanks for the information!
by weezie13 on August 27, 2006 04:52 PM
Hope you keep us posted on how you do with them..
We love to hear updates , good or bad on how they came out... That's how we all learn ...
* * * *
Weezie
Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2
http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/
We love to hear updates , good or bad on how they came out... That's how we all learn ...
* * * *
Weezie
Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2
http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/
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