Thursday, January 12, 2012

If i put a pot of soil under my lavender will the seeds grow to become more lavenders??

i bought this lavender and i wont to have more if i put a pot of soil under the flowers will they grow oh and the label says its a special kind breed to fit australian conditions does that mean it is a hybrid and it will not get seeds that are fertile??

If i put a pot of soil under my lavender will the seeds grow to become more lavenders??
It depends on what variety of lavender it is and you are right about the hybrid being infertile, but even if it does grow from seed, there's a good chance it won't be true to form, that is the same as the parent plant.

However there is a much easier and better way to obtain a plant that will be exactly the same as the parent plant and that is by tip cuttings, cut a new tip about 75mm long, strip off the lower leaves and dab into some rooting gel or honey and put into a fine potting mix or sand, keep moist and in about six weeks you will have a brand new plant. Make sure it doesn't have PBR (plant breeders rights) first, it will say on the label.

Cheers


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