2/13/2023 0 Comments Auricula from seedFEBRUARY MARCH Make crosses between earliest flowerers. Use a weak high potash firtiliser like the ones used to grow tomatoes. When growth is well underway begin light watering and feeding. As the days lenghten look out for signs of growth starting. SOW SEED (ideally in late January or early February) using previously watered good quality seed compost.Ĭover seed at first signs of germination with thin layer of vermiculite. Whilst in the Spring of year three with the flowering of your seedlings you can enjoy the result of your labours.Ī simple production line, that by doing some crosses each Spring, in the course of time produces a new batch of flowering seedlings every year.ġst YEAR 2nd YEAR 3rd YEAR JANUARY As early as possible order seed from Seed exchanges etc.Ĭheck out the Seed Distribution service from NAPS Midland and West. In the second year there is sowing, transplanting and growing on to be done. In the Spring of the first year you will start the process off by making crosses. Raising a batch of seedlings is a 2 year activity spread over 3 calendar years. There is a separate guide to growing auriculas for plants and offsets. This guide merely describes the method I have adopted. There are many different approaches to growing auriculas from seed. In the nature of things weather can play an important part and the best times for various tasks can change a little from year to year. The guide is written for people living in the Midlands area of the UKĪnd requires some adjustments for other UK regions and possibly major changes for other countries with Hydridising is one of the most enjoyable, rewarding and interesting aspects of auricula culture. To ensure the hobby has a future there is alway a need for good new varietes to replace existing varieties that will over time lose their form or vigour. This provides an opportunity to create new varieties that are either an improvement on what is currently available Auriculas are hybrids and do not come true from seed.
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