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Where can I get the seeds from?

The seeds for your midday gold, that's what they are called easy care Gazania also, you should buy from specialist retailers or order on the Internet. Even collected seeds from your own plants often germinate poorly or not at all, because they are often hybrids.

These crossings make up a large part of the sun dollars that are sold here. Their color palette shows different shades of pink and red, cream, yellow and orange flowers, some with very decorative ray-shaped drawings. Would you like this Increase Gazania, then cut cuttings.

What is the best way to sow Gazania?

The recommended for the Sonnentaler sowing and pre-cultivation on the windowsill or in a mini greenhouse, because the plants should bloom as early as June. Sprinkle the seeds in pots from February to April Growing substrate(€ 12.99 at Amazon *) and put them in a bright and warm place. Do not cover the seeds with soil and always keep them slightly moist.

In case you use a mini greenhouse or the Growing pots(€ 16.68 at Amazon *) cover with a glass plate or foil, then ventilate the seeds daily so that they do not start to go moldy. You have to wait about 15 days for the first seedlings to appear. The germination temperature is around 18-20 ° C.

When the plants have four to six leaves, prick out yours Gazania. Wait until the end of May to plant them out. Slowly get the young plants used to the outside temperatures before they leave for the ice saints sunny summer location are allowed to take.

The essentials in brief:

• Better to buy seeds, not collect them
• Sow from February to April
• do not cover with soil
• keep slightly moist
• Germination temperature: 18 - 20 ° C
• Germination time: approx. 15 days
• Ventilate daily in the mini greenhouse or under foil
• Flowering period: June to September