Beginner Gardening: How to get Lavender to start from seed, 1 by diggerette

diggerette wrote:
I bought Munstead Lavender this year and about a half of the seeds germinated. I put them in plastic cells filled with potting soil(Miracle Gro) place the cells in a larger tray that is used as a water reserve and placed a lamp about two inches from the cells.I put a clear pastic cover over the cells until they germinated. I think I used plastc wrap. Also I tried to put one or two seeds in each cell. I placed the seeds on top of the soil and gently pressed them down a bit into the soil.The ones that did germinate look good. I let them dry out only for a short time. I hope this helps. Try again. I think transferring them to my garden will be the challenge this year but that's another post.

This message was edited Mar 5, 2008 7:10 AM