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growing calendula from seed 2 seed 🌱👣🌿🌻

(still growing, post in progress!)

seeds through a hand lens

Seeds:

calendula seeds














Planted seeds on 15 April


26 April: can see the first leaves

Came up quickly, got big quickly 💪🏼🌱💪🏼🌱💪🏼


calendula is a dicotyledon: their seed leaves come up in two's

you can still see the seed case hanging off the seed leaves


7 May

multiple seed leaves are appearing 🌿🌿🌿


19 May

getting a bit bigger, more leaves are appearing on each plant, fairly slow growth


1 June

Getting BIG, will plant out soon! 🌿💪🏼🌿💪🏼🌿

ID info:

  • Leaves are bright light green, slightly yellowy

  • Seed leaves are larger than other seeds planted

  • Leaves are long and whole

  • Leaves feel rough - thick hairs ??


7 June

Planted out...


22nd June

Have been in the soil for a couple of weeks

getting bigger and bigger, they are growing much more quickly now they have more room for their roots.

From about 5cm length leaves on 1st June to about 12cm in length by 22nd June.



2nd July

Flower buds starting to appear

the ants have also started a black fly farm on some of the stems ... you can see this in the second picture below




18 July

lovely round buds clasping around the petals, some flowers are out












29 August

Lots of flowers still out and in full bright blooming beauty.

  • leaves clasping stem

  • stems are rough and hairy



29 august

Seed pods starting to form


below: ach green thing had a etal attatched to it



updates coming as they grow... 🌿🌻














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