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Common Lilac (syringa vulgaris)
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0.5 gram (approx 71 seeds) £1.25
1 gram (approx 142 seeds) £1.75
2 grams(approx 284 seeds) £2.40
5 grams (approx 710 seeds) £3.75
10 grams (approx 1420 seeds) £5.90
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Germination, Sowing and After Care Information for
Common Lilac (syringa vulgaris)
Lilac seeds have a relatively shallow dormancy within them, this requires a degree of patience to overcome and it is usually quite easy to get high levels of germination if the correct procedures are followed.
First soak the seed in warm water and leave at room temperature for 24 hours.
Next prepare a free draining substrate into which the seeds are to be mixed, this can be a 50/50 mixture of compost and sharp sand. This needs to be moist (but not wet), if you can squeeze water out of it with your hand it is too wet and your seeds may drown and die. Mix the seeds into the compost mix making sure that their is enough volume of material to keep the seeds separated.
Place the seed mixture into a clear plastic bag (freezer bags, especially zip-lock bags are very useful for this -provided a little gap is left in the seal for air exchange) If it is not a zip-lock type bag it needs to be loosely tied. Then write the date on the bag so that you know when the pretreatment was started.
The seeds require a cold period to break the dormancy that is naturally found within them, this is easily achieved by placing the prepared bag of seeds and compost mix in the fridge (4 Celsius or 39F) for between 6 and 8 weeks. It is quite possible for the seeds to germinate in the bag at these temperatures when they are ready to do so, if they do, just remove them from the bag and carefully plant them up and cover the seeds with a very shallow layer of compost.
Once the pretreatment period has ended the seeds are ready to be sown and can be planted in seed trays, pots or plug trays in a good quality compost.
Do not expose newly sown seeds to high temperatures (above 25 Celsius) otherwise a secondary dormancy may be induced and the seeds will not germinate until they have been pretreated again.
Keep the seedlings well watered, weed free and re pot the growing seedlings as necessary. Growth in the first year is usually between 5 and 15cm and usually trouble free. Growth accelerates rapidly in the second year. Allow them to grow for 2 or 3 years before planting them in a permanent position.
First soak the seed in warm water and leave at room temperature for 24 hours.
Next prepare a free draining substrate into which the seeds are to be mixed, this can be a 50/50 mixture of compost and sharp sand. This needs to be moist (but not wet), if you can squeeze water out of it with your hand it is too wet and your seeds may drown and die. Mix the seeds into the compost mix making sure that their is enough volume of material to keep the seeds separated.
Place the seed mixture into a clear plastic bag (freezer bags, especially zip-lock bags are very useful for this -provided a little gap is left in the seal for air exchange) If it is not a zip-lock type bag it needs to be loosely tied. Then write the date on the bag so that you know when the pretreatment was started.
The seeds require a cold period to break the dormancy that is naturally found within them, this is easily achieved by placing the prepared bag of seeds and compost mix in the fridge (4 Celsius or 39F) for between 6 and 8 weeks. It is quite possible for the seeds to germinate in the bag at these temperatures when they are ready to do so, if they do, just remove them from the bag and carefully plant them up and cover the seeds with a very shallow layer of compost.
Once the pretreatment period has ended the seeds are ready to be sown and can be planted in seed trays, pots or plug trays in a good quality compost.
Do not expose newly sown seeds to high temperatures (above 25 Celsius) otherwise a secondary dormancy may be induced and the seeds will not germinate until they have been pretreated again.
Keep the seedlings well watered, weed free and re pot the growing seedlings as necessary. Growth in the first year is usually between 5 and 15cm and usually trouble free. Growth accelerates rapidly in the second year. Allow them to grow for 2 or 3 years before planting them in a permanent position.