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MARTYV Wilmington, NC Jan 21, 2007

Received some hosta seeds, planted in 2in./ 4in high containers(plastic)
mixture of potting soil and peat moss.Instructions were to plant in 1/2in deep ( moist )depth. After planting place containers into a white trash bag or clear baggie. I chose the white trash bag and tied a not in the bag sealing it. ?????? Will they grow in a set-up like I described. Is there a better way to start plants from seeds. The bag is in a green house no larger than a 10ft. X 20ft. Temp. is maintained at appro. 50-55 degrees. Any other advice?

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jeri11 Central, LA(Zone 8b) Jan 21, 2007

That sounds right to me. Now is the hard part...waiting. Let us know how they are doing.

Jeri

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shadowgirl Moscow, TN(Zone 7a) Jan 24, 2007

You could winter sow them too. It works well with hosta seeds. Just google winter sowing and lots of information will come up about how to do it.

Loretta

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sallyg Anne Arundel,, MD(Zone 7b) Jan 25, 2007

Just today I googled growing hosta from seed and found a great site, which I did not bookmark unfortunately. What you have sounds good by what I remember. You do know that they will be very variable from the parent, i hope.
I collected seed from a huge monster one with no others around , so I figure if I get any they will be probably really big, but color ,????

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wrightie Metro DC, MD(Zone 7a) Jan 27, 2007

This is an interesting site: http://home.comcast.net/~giboshiarekore/seeds.html

edited to add another: http://perfectperennials.tripod.com/id10.html

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lizren Coaling, AL(Zone 7b) Jan 27, 2007

Another good site for good hosta information and lots of pictures is http://www.hostalibrary.org/

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