| | | Production Time to Marketable Plants Answered by: Inge Poot Question from: Julie Poirier Posted on: January 27, 2000
I’d like to know how many weeks it takes to grow the following plants to a marketable 3 1/2 inch pot and if there are any special treatments required such as freezing or what not.
I will put the approximate number of weeks it takes to produce a marketable 3 1/2 inch (9 centimeter) pot from seeds, beside the name of the plant -- plus any germination comments.
Betony -- Stachys officinalis
17 weeks.
Cicely, Sweet -- Myrrhis odorata
27 weeks -- keep seed flat outdoors during winter.
Clary -- Salvia sclarea
15 weeks.
Coreopsis -- Coreopsis tinctoria
8 weeks.
Dill -- Anethum graveolens
6 weeks -- surface sow and press onto soil -- keep in bright spot.
Licorice, Chinese -- Glycyrrhiza uralensis
Not available, but probably about 25 weeks.
Mallow, Mauritian -- Malva sylvestris mauritanica
12 weeks.
Osage-Orange -- Maclura pomifera
13 weeks -- soak seeds in water for 1-5 days, rinsing daily, repeat with detergent water 2-5 days
Painted Daisy -- Tanacetum coccineum
16 weeks.
Pink, Sweet -- Dianthus x hybrida ‘Rainbow Loveliness’
10 weeks.
Rocket, Sweet -- Hesperis matronalis
Not available, but should come in about 4 weeks.
Thyme, Creeping -- Thymus serpyllum
18 weeks.
Wild Bergamot -- Monarda fistulosa
8 weeks -- surface sow and give light.
Wild Indigo -- Baptisia tinctoria
Not available, but other species take 11-13 wks -- puncture seed.
Wormwood -- Artemisia absinthium
17 weeks -- dry store freshly harvested seed 6 months at 21 degrees Celsius.
Yarrow, Red -- Achillea millefolium ‘Rubra’
12 weeks -- dry store freshly harvested seed 6 months at 21 degrees Celsius.
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