It is best to sow seeds straight away
This also means that seeds you have collected yourself usually do not have a long shelf life and lose their ability to germinate. For this reason, it is best to apply them immediately after the seeds have ripe. You can either put the seeds in pots or seed trays or sow immediately outside. Please note, however, that the floor or the substrate before the sowing is well prepared and relaxed. The seeds are only very thinly covered with earth and always kept slightly moist.
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- Cowslip needs little maintenance
- The sowing of the cowslip
- Cowslip is under nature protection
Do not place the seeds too warm
Now you have to be careful, because unlike other seedlings, sown keyflower seeds must not be too warm. Place the seed trays or the greenhouse is not necessarily on a window sill over a turned on heater, but in a rather cool, little or not heated room. Temperatures between 10 and 15 ° C are optimal.
Prefer cowslips from January
Young cowslips from existing seeds can be brought forward from January if they were not sown in autumn. Cowslips are, however, cold germers and must therefore be stratified prior to the actual sowing. H. be exposed to a cold spell over a long period of time. This simulates the natural conditions and breaks the germination inhibition of the seeds. Stratification is best done at temperatures around freezing in the vegetable compartment of the refrigerator for about four to six weeks.
Tips
Cowslips growing in the wild must not be dug up or picked in whole or in part. This also applies to their seeds, because the wild perennial is under nature protection due to its classification as an endangered species.