Well, I have a few seed paks staring me in the face.. dare I sow them dare I not? I think I will wait.
Looks like the big plants need cutting back so I guess I will start my year with doing cuttings.
Got a lot of cuttings too, but its too cold to offer any out, they would frost in the mail for sure so perish the thought!
Snip, dip and poke! Heres more some new cuttings...
Is that a seedling in the first pick? It's very pretty.
That was a seedling, its a Wizard to which the color was very amazing. Yours is very lovely too! Very similiar!
Well, I just finished setting the last coleus cutting in a flat. Looks like I got 2+ new flats started..
Now I have to go do my impatiens...been doing the royal clean up, water and prune gig the last two days of all my houseplants...OY, I am running our of room for newbs!
C'mon SPRING WEATHER! I wanna throw them out to my GPS already! But it s to dang cold yet! Had a frost last night, its only mid 30's. They are talking 50's soon though..
Flat #1
Flat #2
Those are all wonderful
Thanks ge!
I at least will have a jump on the coleus for this year and impatiens.
I have to start Rainbow yet. Im short on space!
Heres the seed for Rainbow... they look pretty colorful! You just have to love coleus for the varieties!
~(*v*)~
I agree. Not only the variety but many have different colors depending on where they are growing and how much sun and shade they get.
I started a small flat of coleus cuttings and they were doing good until I put them down on top of the dryer for a minute while I moved things around. The vibration shimmied it right off and they landed face down. I was able to save some.
ooooh no! Thats sad!
This is one of my Kongs! Man the size on the leaves! Just stunning!
That one is stunning!
It was my first Kong and I just cannot get over how big and beautiful it was last year. I hope I can find a newb in a diffferent color!
Heres another shot!
I love the green/purple combo coleus. They are so easy to combine with the regular green plants.
love that dark Kong!!!.. I grew quite a few this year.. but don't think I have that one.. all my green kongs were slug food last year.. hope this year goes better with those
Loretta if you need some more babies let me know.. I will have plenty to share
my babies today
tray 1 Feb & March
sorry put the newest at the top on this one #2
#3 newest at the bottom
Wow! They look great.
Sorry mess my message up. Sent before I could correct, my hands shake because I was allergic to medicine.
Do you all have green houses? I'm new to gardening but I read on all forums people doing seeds however I have no idea how to do them. Is there a website that shows you? I think maybe I might be too lazy and it is easier to go to nursery in spring and buy several.
coleus seeds are easy.. sprinkle them on starter... I use a spray bottle to make sure they have contact.. and cover them with plastic.. or a dome ... just that easy
I'm one of those visual people. I love plants but never did the seed thing. I have no idea what a starter is. Is there a book I can purchase?
how is this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ9i4yUkXPQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH_3aeyTnh0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYAZisnt2PI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCc2JC97Nxc
This message was edited Mar 20, 2010 9:37 AM
Thanks
You do need the patience of Job to grow coleus from seed. They almost all germinate quickly and then grow very slowly.
I saw this thread up in the "Sticky" at the top of this forum. http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/596774/
I have a friend that has grown 100s of coleus from cuttings and says they root in 10 days.
Best of luck.
CC
yes the cuttings are quick to be rewarding
Here in Las Vegas, during the summer, I can cut off a piece, just gently place it in the soil and within days it has established roots and taken off.
sometimes when I pinch my plants.. I toss them in the garden and they root
I'm living in the jungle
that's a good thing!!!
Im behind on cuttings..
