Suburban Sue

Germination 4 - Cold, Moist Stratification

Problem of germination requiring Stratification: the use of cold, moist conditions to prime seeds into germinating. This process occurs naturally for plants where the seed is ‘self sown’ in the...

Germination 4 - Cold, Moist Stratification

Problem of germination requiring Stratification: the use of cold, moist conditions to prime seeds into germinating. This process occurs naturally for plants where the seed is ‘self sown’ in the...

Germination 3 - Spotlight on Light Lovers

Some seeds can manage being buried, others will grow anyhow but quite a few need to be exposed to light in order to germinate. Often these seeds are smaller so...

Germination 3 - Spotlight on Light Lovers

Some seeds can manage being buried, others will grow anyhow but quite a few need to be exposed to light in order to germinate. Often these seeds are smaller so...

Germination 2 - Just Add Water? I've found it's a bit more complicated than that…

Germination 2 - Just Add Water? I've found it's...

Germination issues? Suburban-Sue identifies the key needs for a seed to grow: moisture, warmth and oxygen. She then explores further the more exacting requirements for those difficult to germinate: light...

Germination 2 - Just Add Water? I've found it's...

Germination issues? Suburban-Sue identifies the key needs for a seed to grow: moisture, warmth and oxygen. She then explores further the more exacting requirements for those difficult to germinate: light...

From little acorns - germination issues 1

Germination issues.  I remember a couple of years ago planting an acorn with my grandson. A couple of days later he dug it up to see if it was sprouting....

From little acorns - germination issues 1

Germination issues.  I remember a couple of years ago planting an acorn with my grandson. A couple of days later he dug it up to see if it was sprouting....

Visit to Erlas Victorian Walled Garden Wrexham

Very local to JustSeed is a lovely walled garden that has been reclaimed and renovated by a team of local volunteers. As a charity they support disadvantaged young people with...

Visit to Erlas Victorian Walled Garden Wrexham

Very local to JustSeed is a lovely walled garden that has been reclaimed and renovated by a team of local volunteers. As a charity they support disadvantaged young people with...

scarlet flowered hippeastrum (commonly known as amaryllis)

Amaryllis Amour

My neglected windowsill of Hippeastrum, or Amaryllis, as they are commonly known, are looking rather dishevelled after a year of neglect. Hippeastrum originate in South America and grow naturally from...

Amaryllis Amour

My neglected windowsill of Hippeastrum, or Amaryllis, as they are commonly known, are looking rather dishevelled after a year of neglect. Hippeastrum originate in South America and grow naturally from...