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Help needed with Wisteria seeds
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Posted by jitterbug_bh23 Zone 9, UK (My Page) on Fri, Jan 13, 06 at 8:10
| I have posted this message onto the growing from seed forum as well but would like a UK slant on this issue and possibly hear from anyone who has tried germinating Wisteria seeds.
I recently obtained some Wisteria seeds which I need to dry out and plant. However, on reading up on this plant I see that they say the effort is not worth it - bad germination and even if I am successful the plants don't flower well. Since it is very expensive to buy these plants I would have loved to have sewn from seed. What do the fundi's think??
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RE: Help needed with Wisteria seeds
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I don't really know much about wisteria from seeds, so sorry about that.
I bought a plant 2 years ago which was quite small and last year it did do a lot better putting on a lot of growth so I am persevering with it. It is a standard wisteria not a climbing one. I have heard since buying it that it doesn't flower for the first 6 years. Had I known that I wouldn't have got such a small plant. It was expensive for what it was really so maybe I wouldn't have bought one at all. If you are prepared to wait for years then try your seeds you could be surprized.
Alison |
RE: Help needed with Wisteria seeds
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| First: The seeds have to be ripe. Leave the pods on the vine, they drop off in their own good time. At this stage they will be extremely hard and dry. Second: Place the pods in an empty bucket and place out of the way. When they are in the mood to grow, the pods will explode scattering the seed. With luck some will stay in the bucket. Third: These loose seeds should then be sown (SOWN) in a pot of compost in the normal manner. Germination is erratic but not difficult. Fourth: Remember though, a wisteria vine expects to live for maybe 300 years and is not in a great hurry to do anything rash like flowering. |
RE: Help needed with Wisteria seeds
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| Long time since I have heard the word 'fundi'! Here the wisterias self seed very easily, every Spring, from the seeds that fall from the adult plants. I'm afraid I can't tell you how long they take to flower as the gardener pulls them all out as fast as he can! |
Many thanks
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| Thanks to all the input from members - much appreciated. As to the leaving it to ripen on the vine - Oops! I found the seed on holiday in France and 'picked' them. So I do not know whether they are ripe enough - but I will follow the suggestion of putting them in a bucket in a dark place and monitor. So keep your fingers crossed that they were mature enough and pop. I spoke to an 'expert' this week-end and they say that if I was successful in germinating the seed it should flower in about 12 years!! Well by then I'll be retired and can talk to it every day ;-) |
RE: Help needed with Wisteria seeds
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| buy a decent grafted plant - you will get good flowering without waiting forever. Expect to pay around £18.00 - hardly expensive for a lifetime of pleasure! |
RE: Help needed with Wisteria seeds
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| ok i have heard from 6 to 20 years in flowering, but how long does it take for them to start growing from seeds and how do i plant and should i buy any special compost? confused in Maryland |
RE: Help needed with Wisteria seeds
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| All the advice I have ever heard/read is to buy known cultivars, preferably seeing them in bloom before buying, as seed-raise plants can be very disappointing, even when they do eventually flower. However, that's not to say it's not fun growing from seed as well. |
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