2024 IHF Field Notes
Strawflower -- Bracteantha bracteata -- Many Varieties
Strawflower -- Bracteantha bracteata -- Many Varieties
Sown 4/13
Germination 4/17
Germination counts (tray 1, tray 2)
4/17, 6am: 1/1
4/19, 7am: 5/6
4/20, 9am: 18/14
4/21, 6am: 18/27
Germination counts are only for seedlings with leaves. These are small, this was to make this easier on my eyes.
4/21 -- A lot to note here! First - I had four varieties to sow across two trays, one of which is a growing medium experiment. Lets start with the big numbers - 237 seeds sown in total into two 72s. So lots of doubling up happened here. One tray is just Johnny's 512 Mix, the other is a combination of 512 Mix (2 rows), FoxFire (2 rows), and ProMix (2 rows). For the breakdown of seeds - Bright Rose was 59, Silvery Rose 52, Salmon 66, King Red 60. A lot of these are obviously doubled up in cells, and fortunately I actually kept track of that, so we'll be able to get a good read on overall germination successes and failures. These are doing OK so far - similar to last year, and similar to all the other small seeds I sow every year, they're slow to get going. I'm keeping them moist as best I can and hoping for a lot of germination from here - I really like these and want tons of them!
4/28 -- These continue to come along but not all that well. Should have an idea of a final count soon but it's probably going to only be around 100, which is a shame for 237 seeds.
5/11 -- These are coming along, slowly. Probably going to have around 80 I feel are good enough for transplanting, but it'll be another week or two before I feel like they're big enough to move outside.