Do not cut off flowers
If you yourself seeds from your gentian want to harvest, you are allowed to blossoms don't cut off. Leave them on the plant until they have completely faded and the seed pods have formed.
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You can only use them when the capsules and therefore the seeds are ripe cut off.
If you leave the ripe seeds on the perennial, the gentian will sow itself. You will then receive many small gentian plants that you can easily transplant later.
Collecting gentian seeds
- Cut ripe capsules
- Put in a plastic bag
- Shake the bag or tap it lightly
- Seeds fall out
- Sow in autumn
If possible, the seeds are sown in autumn because they take a long time to germinate. You can apply it on the spot or you can sow it first in the pot make. As a cold germ, the seeds need a period of frost. Therefore, leave the sowing container outside over the winter.
How to sow the seed
as Potting soil Nutritious garden soil is enough. You can also use potting soil when sowing in a pot. Make sure that the soil is nice and loose so that the moisture cannot build up.
Do not scatter the fine seeds too densely and cover them with a very thin layer of soil. Carefully water the seeds.
Isolate and plant out in spring
When the small plants are large enough to be singled out, prick them out at a distance of two inches.
As soon as they have reached a height of about eight centimeters, plant them in the intended place in the Rock garden, a balcony box or a bucket.
Make sure there is enough planting distance. In the case of the blue gentian, it should be about the same size as the full-grown perennial.
Tips & Tricks
Gentian is under nature protection. Therefore, never take seeds from plants in the wild. If you want to sow gentian in the garden, you get them all Gentian species in selected garden shops.