{"id":301,"date":"2016-07-07T10:38:29","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T09:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/advisor\/gardening-tips\/?p=301"},"modified":"2016-07-07T10:38:29","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T09:38:29","slug":"meconopsis-betonicifolia-from-seed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/meconopsis-betonicifolia-from-seed\/","title":{"rendered":"Meconopsis Betonicifolia From Seed."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sow February to July at around 15C (60F) on the surface of a free draining, sterile, damp peat\/sand mix compost.Light is required for germination so do not cover the seeds &#8211; just gently press the seeds onto the surface of the seed compost. High humidity is required &#8211; cover the seeds with a transparent propagator lid or even a clear plastic bag.The seeds germinate rapidly &#8211; you should seed some activity at around 4 weeks, certainly by 8 weeks. If you don&#8217;t see any seedlings by then,place the propagation tray in a refrigerator for 3-4 weeks to pre-chill.Controlling the temperature is all important as high temperatures will hinder germination.<\/p>\n<p>The seedlings are quite delicate and small when they first emerge &#8211; do not disturb them.They are also very prone to damping off. Hence, a sterile, well drainig medium is important.Prick out the seedlings when they have developed their first true leaves and grow them on at between 8 and 10\u00b0 C until they are well developed plants.Then,harden off prior to transplanting out in their permanent sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sow February to July at around 15C (60F) on the surface of a free draining, sterile, damp peat\/sand mix compost.Light is required for germination so do not cover the seeds &#8211; just gently press&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-head-gardener"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}