Posted by Duncan Munday on May 12, 2011, 8:09 am
John Alcock;921097 Wrote:
> We are late in the garden this year due to adverse weather here in South
> West France no it isnt sunny all the time, snow then floods up until
> April, anyway what is the latest for planting petunia seed , i ordered
> seeds from a well known supplier in the uk early April now mid May and
> still not recieved them, all manner of excuses, by the time i expect to
> receive the seeds it could be almost June am i to late, the weather is
> warming up here now mainly low/ mid 20s reaching low 30s some days.
> John
Hi John
We always go with Petunia's in our hanging baskets.
My view is that you maybe a little late. We tried sowing our own last
year and bought seeds from a recognised supplier. They were sown early
and brought on in a green house. I have to say they were very
dissapointing and have reverted back to buying trays of plants from out
local independent nursery.
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Duncan Munday
Posted by John Alcock on May 12, 2011, 10:06 am
Duncan Munday;921100 Wrote:
> Hi John
>
> We always go with Petunia's in our hanging baskets.
>
> My view is that you maybe a little late. We tried sowing our own last
> year and bought seeds from a recognised supplier. They were sown early
> and brought on in a green house. I have to say they were very
> dissapointing and have reverted back to buying trays of plants from out
> local independent nursery.
Thought i may be but will give it a go, plants are so expensive here in
France compared to the uk, what i paid for 50 in the uk i only get 6
here and they look bedraggled
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John Alcock
Posted by John Alcock on May 15, 2011, 12:22 pm
Duncan Munday;921104 Wrote:
> Hi John
>
> Crikey they are expensive.
>
> What about buying some plug plants that are partially started a friend
> always does this on other types of bedding plants and they come through
> the postal service in blighty ok.
>
> I found these guys in Jersey from a quick web search. I didn't check if
> they send to France but can't see why not.
>
> 'Petunia Bolero 28 Super Ready Plants | Super Jumbo Ready Plants'
> (http://tinyurl.com/63molga )
No garden suppliers able to post plants to France its regulations god
knows why, just bought 4 Hydrangeas for 10 euro about the equivalent of
£9 petunias and impatiants as a small plug plant are 50p each uk i was
buying at £9 for 120 small plugs no wonder nearly everyone down here
grows veg from seed, potatoes are more than likely to be decimated by
colorado beetle luckily the soil is very fertile and fine everything
grows like wildfire including the weeds
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John Alcock
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> West France no it isnt sunny all the time, snow then floods up until
> April, anyway what is the latest for planting petunia seed , i ordered
> seeds from a well known supplier in the uk early April now mid May and
> still not recieved them, all manner of excuses, by the time i expect to
> receive the seeds it could be almost June am i to late, the weather is
> warming up here now mainly low/ mid 20s reaching low 30s some days.
> John