Hardy or sensitive to frost?

How to prepare for the next gardening season

Not every gardener wants to buy new plants for his garden year after year. Often this is not even necessary. With a little patience and effort, most annual ornamental plants can be grown from seeds yourself during the winter. On the one hand, this saves money and is also fun. With the spider flower, however, a little more patience may be required, because it only germinates under optimal conditions.

The preference of the spider flower

Around the end of February and beginning of March you can do that Growing pots(€ 16.68 at Amazon *) for the sowing prepare the spider flower. You can be completely normal Potting soil which you should moisten before sowing. The seeds are not covered at all or only very thinly, because they are light germs.

Make sure that there is a constant high temperature of at least 18 ° C during the germination period of around 14-21 days, 20 ° C is better and always keep the seeds slightly moist. If it is too cold, germination takes a long time.

You may be using a mini greenhouse that you place near a heater. Every now and then, spray the seeds with lukewarm water. In this way you achieve both the required temperature and the necessary humidity.

Planting out the spider flower

If the seedlings are a few centimeters tall, they can be planted individually or in pairs in pots. In May, you can slowly get your young plants used to the sun and changing temperatures by placing the plants outside during the day. Only when night frosts are no longer to be expected, plant the spider flowers in a sunny, sheltered place.

The essentials in brief:

• Spider flower dies in winter
• Seeds remain viable
• Sow from the end of February in a warm place
• Plant out the young spider flowers from the end of May