Saplings from seeds are here, in my fifth attempt.
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas A. Edison
And we have a similar saying at my place - keep trying and there will be a day when success will feel bad to not come to you. You must have seen numerous attempts from me to grow saplings from seed and every time they failed, but I never gave up. The reason I wanted to grow saplings from seeds is to save time and money, and most importantly experiment with these plants in odd seasons, because we don't get saplings to buy in Nurseries as they know most people will like to grow plants only in Winter, as that is the best climate suited here. Also if I can master the technique, then even in Winter, I don't need to depend on Nursery, calling them multiple times, inquiring when their saplings are ready for sell. And it will be big savings - this year, I bought around 1500/- saplings for my pots and the society, add the petrol cost and time to that(should be more than double of that). So hope you get, why it's good to be able to grow our own saplings.
And now let me tell you the fascinating story behind this - last time when I moved my pots to the other side of the garden, I hired Bhimsen, about whom I wrote in this post. So I was telling him casually that I have never been success to grow plants from seeds but we will retry again. We got a dried inca full of seeds, directly from the all seasoned inca plant and after putting it and covered with soil, I was about to sprinkle water and that is when Bhimsen stopped me. He told to give very little water after 1-2 days and that did the magic. So most likely, that is where I was going wrong - giving water from the beginning. When these mini saplings came I was overwhelmed - they look so cute.
Now I am going to experiment this all seasoned inca in summer - we will see, if they grow at all. We get these flowers in market to buy and they come from Kolkata. The climate of Kolkata is not very different to ours, so I believe it should be doable. At one point I even thought to procure plants from there and joined a facebook group, searching for some contacts. But the genuinity of those sellers became questionable, and they did not agree to give small number of plants.
So this is going to be a much better no cost experiment in summer. And this prompted me to collect some seeds as well.
I love the french inca version and collected all four colors - red, orange, yellow and mixed.
This year I took extra care of putting them under sun before preserving - earlier I would just get those dried seeds from plant and keep it. That was a wrong process which I came to know after consulting to people in the nursery - there is always room for improvement.
And instead of wrapping them in a paper, I got these air tight pouches to keep them. I am also collecting the other inca seeds, but doubtful about their quality, this ones should work - will experiment in mid rainy season, when the weather cools a bit.
For now, the challenge is to use these saplings - never expected so many, so will give most of it to others for free, and replant them in another container, till I have the pots ready. Gardening never ends....
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What an awesome experience! These days I'm taking care of two bonsai in a poor state of health... let's hope that in the next few weeks they will start to sprout
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Good to hear you getting involved with plants, I am sure, you will soon develop emotions with them, and they always respect the love we give - they will be healthy soon.
It's so cool that you can grow new plant from the seeds you collect. I've been doing some indoor plant propagation too (just published a blog on that). I mostly propagate with cutlings, but I haven't done this with seeds from plants yet.
I do have some nice Oxeye plants that make seeds at the end of summer. I'll try to figure out how I can save the seeds to make new plants from that too.
Good job and thanks for sharing!
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😉☺️👊 those little saplings look so nice and full of life!
congrats to you!
Congratulations on getting good results. We gardeners always insist, that is our passion. Even to see a flower or a leaf sprout, gives a lot of satisfaction. Keep on sowing🌱🌱 👍!
Only someone who has experienced can realize that.
Congrats! Sanjeevm ji
So inca seed needs less water to turn into sapling. You got the knowledge on the 6th attempt but I got it without attempting.😁
Thanks.
Good morning dear friend @sanjeevm
It's amazing how that little secret of waiting two days before watering the seeds has worked, the little plants look great
I loved that you kept the seed in this little hermetically sealed bag, I think it works better than when it is wrapped in paper
All the best dear friend
Have a great weekend
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We should never give up, my friend, and if more attempts are needed, they must be made, but you will surely be able to find the exact moment for those seeds to produce everything you have desired, and as you say, gardening never ends.
I really like this technique of drying the seeds as well as the way in which they are stored for the occasion that is needed, my friend, and well, you always have to keep trying and never stop striving.
very good work here, lot of things done on seeds and nice new born plants!
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It's great that you can have such incredible plants from seeds to transplant at any time of the year. Now, as you say, your next challenge is to make those plants grow and reproduce in the best way possible.
Growing seedlings from seeds has many advantages. The most important thing is financially. The worst part is that you have to spend a little more time. It's turned out great, congratulations.
Same! I haven't grown anything with seeds. Hence, I gave up. I'd rather buy those already growing.
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Wow, nice efforts.
You are really doing a very great job maintaining those plants. I believe you must have put in lots of energy in this
You are right, we must keep trying until we achieve satisfactory results. There is a popular adage that practice makes perfect. 👏🏼👏🏼🎉