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    If anyones got any tips on best way to germinate sunflower seed I'd love to hear it please
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    I just shove them in a pot of compost the same as any other seed. One per pot.
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    • #3
      Originally posted by jackie j View Post
      I just shove them in a pot of compost the same as any other seed. One per pot.
      I do that every year, I just wondered if people had any different ideas like chitting them first on paper towel or like I do with my broad beans in a small freezer bag of damp compost..
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      • #4
        Chris mine took 4 days only because I'd got space in my heated propagator.
        Location....East Midlands.

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        • #5
          I find them pretty easy. Just pop them in a pot, cover and off they go. Are your seeds from a flower seed packet or a birdseed one with the hull still on?

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Gearoid View Post
            I find them pretty easy. Just pop them in a pot, cover and off they go. Are your seeds from a flower seed packet or a birdseed one with the hull still on?
            From EBay (GIANT SUNFLOWER - SKYSCRAPER - 4M PLUS - 40 SEEDS on eBay (end time 17-Feb-11 11:08:53 GMT)) with the hull if that's what you call the hard case the seeds in, do you take them out of the "hull"?
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            • #7
              Originally posted by Bren In Pots View Post
              Chris mine took 4 days only because I'd got space in my heated propagator.
              I was thinking of popping them in the HP, do you take them out the hard seed case?
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              • #8
                Chris mine were sown straight out of the packet.
                Location....East Midlands.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Currysniffa View Post
                  I do that every year, I just wondered if people had any different ideas like chitting them first on paper towel or like I do with my broad beans in a small freezer bag of damp compost..
                  Do you normally have problems with them then? Unless you can't get them to germinate then I'd carry on doing what you're doing. I don't like to germinate mine in the warm as I find they get leggy pretty quickly so tend to do them in the cold greenhouse so I get nice strong plants.

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                  • #10
                    I do the same Alison, this time mine only went in the heated prop because I'd got some space but as soon as I spotted the 'U' they were put in my unheated greenhouse.
                    Location....East Midlands.

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                    • #11
                      Fresh sunflower seed is very easy to germinate but I've found that viability falls quickly with age so old seed is poor.

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                      • #12
                        I got a little propagator and seeds at poundland, it said to put them in the compost, moisten it and put in the airing cupboard, had them 2 weeks now the seedlings are about 1 1/2 and they will be ready to plant out soon me thinks

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