This is the best way to proceed

Buy seeds or collect them yourself?

Whether you want the Seeds Collecting or buying from your existing cloves is a matter of time, taste and what you want. The collected seeds are not pure in color but resemble a surprise bag. It will probably grow into a mixed bag of mustache. In addition, collecting them takes a little time and you have to let them mature on the plants beforehand.

Purchased seeds are available immediately and in large numbers and are usually pre-sorted. In this way you can get a colorful assortment of either single blooming or double carnation but also seeds of a certain color.

Prefer indoors or sow outdoors?

the hardy mustard carnations are among the flowers that you should sow outdoors if possible. The is also recommended here sowing in a growing bed, but is preferable in warm indoor spaces Mustard not mandatory.

It germinates quite well in normal spring temperatures. You should, however, think early on whether you would like to have carnations in your garden, because they do not bloom until their second year.

This is how you sow carnations

From around the end of April you can sow carnations directly in the field. Sprinkle the seeds thinly on the prepared bed and cover only a thin layer of soil. Always keep the seeds slightly moist but not wet during the germination period. If the young plants are about 10-15 cm tall, then plant them on one sunny locationwhere they should bloom the following year.

The essentials in brief:

• Best sowing outdoors
• Keep seeds moist while germinating
• Transplant young plants by October
• Mustard carnations do not bloom until the second year