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Does anyone at all know how to grow this from seed I have tried and tried and tried and nothing is working for me,

I got the seeds from my great grandmas plant when i was up in indiana last summer and she sent me some in the mail, ive knwo they need light to germinate i know it takes up too 10 days and i know they dont like to be watred to much but they arent growing yet but when they do how do i grow them and if any of you have grown them I would really appreciate it if you can give me any help any help at all i would really appreciate it!!!!


i tired growing it once before but i went away and it had sprouted one up and asked my mom to water it for me when i was gone but she forgot and the poor thing died

I've grown it once from old seeds at the dollar store...they do need light, and they took forever to sprout for me. Try covering the pot with clear plastic to raise humidity and the temp. a bit. I think you can buy transplants of them but I;ve never seen them before at the nurseries. Good luck, keep us updated!

ok ill try that thank you! and i will

still no sprouts, none at all been babying them and nothing...

The other day I planted some more strawflower seeds since my others never came up but this time I took 2 pieces of paper towl and cut it in a circle to fit a flower pot i put the seeds inside the papertowl and watered it and placed on top of the dirt, I figure my other seeds never got enough light so this way they will get tons more light, and they are held in place so that when i water them they wont float around and keep moving... I hope it works! I heard about it from my great grandma. Ill lets you know if they sprout!

How do you plan to keep the towel wet?
I place seeds in paper wet towels, and then into plastic bags.......Keeps them moist for sure.

barb

well it stays pretty moist because i have it over the moist soil but i dont think they like much water. i watered it last night and its still kinda damp.

ok