Some people say to me ” Luke I can’t grow seeds I’m hopeless at it” to which I reply ”No your not sometimes its the luck of the draw” (or seed!) So whilst writing today’s blog I thought I would show you how exciting and encouraging it really is when you manage to grow a plant. I will keep my readers updated with the progress of ‘Sebastian’

Plant choice: Sunflower Type: Giant Single Price £1.30 Free P&P

It started off as a seed, well they all do and using some normal multi-purpose compost in a pot the seeds were sown 1.5cm deep, and then covered over with soil again. phew! Thats the first stage of sowing done. I only put 1 seed in the pot as its a small pot, you may use multiple pots or put straight in the ground. I always find it easier to control plants from seed in doors until they are ready to cope with the outside!

Ok so now you’ll have a pot of soil with a seed in it please water it. Try and regulate the quantity of water by looking and feeling how saturated the soil is. One mistake people tend to make is overwatering which can occur by watering every day and rotting the seed. Your sunflower like sebastian will be happy and full of life once given a drink but keep an eye on the soil level  and top up if necessary (sometimes the first water exposes the seed so pop back in and recover.Put near the window and that’s it!

A quick summary 

• Pop seed in soil 2.5cm down
• cover with soil and water (moderate)
• place near window

Within 3 weeks the sunflower is now 5.5 cm which is incredible.

 

5cm so far within the space of 3 weeks

Now looking a healthy plant and ready to thrive. My next stage would be in a couple of weeks after looking after him to give him a cane to grow up against and when there is sign of a flower to put him out doors in an area not susceptible to high winds, after all he’s got this far so he deserves to flourish in the garden growing tall and standing proud in the sunshine.

I’ll update you on the progress and hopefully after reading this you can see just how easy it is to do and how excited I am!

Come on visit our site for seeds, this particular range is in the kids range and is the ‘fun seeds’ see picture below

Happy Planting!!

Luke Wilson