Thanks for the tips. I collected some seeds from lupins growing in the wild today (in Limburg, south Netherlands), I've seen them for some years now and they have a most lovely purple colour. Hopefully I can make them grow and plant them in the garden :-)
We have naturally heavy clay soil, so we will need to amend it heavily. We’re planting 6 plants into the ground (after amending). I’ve read MANY conflicting opinions on whether or not to dig all the existing soil out to a depth of 2’ and replace with a mixture of some of these: topsoil/compost/humus/vermiculite/perlite/builder’s or horticultural sand. One says the sand will turn the soil into “cement” and the other says it helps. Can you advise? Thanks!
I planted 3 bare roots and been growing for about 2 weeks with a couple of stems and leaves growing. I'm trying not to over water but the stems keep falling over. I cannot figure it out. Are they very fragile starting off and take time to harden! Will the become stronger when the root system develops more? Just so frustrating to see them falling over. I have them in part shade and they seem to fall over during mid day. It's February in Ireland so it can't be the heat. Would you have any advice?
@richiep3520 How are your Lupines doing now in May? It sounded like you have what they call dampening off. I can’t tell you for sure as I can’t see them. Or it may have been transplant shock.
@@tinaknutsen 2 of them survived and have stabilised and both have blooms in process. One beautiful magenta and one is purple and white. I did need to prune them as the existing leaves couldn't seem to support themselves and the newer foliage has thicker stems.
@@tinaknutsen truth be told they had a nice bit of green leaves growing but had signs of powdery mildue. I made up a solution of water and baking soda but think I have wrong ratio and ended up burning half the leaves on each. Pure stupidity on my part. The leaves had brown and black patches on it so ones that were very bad I had to cut off and the the few remaining are a bit scarred. It's a resilient plant so it should bounce back. New to gardening and silly mistakes will be made unfortunately 😕
@@richiep3520 All gardeners make mistakes! It takes a brown thumb to become a green thumb! I took horticulture back in 84; prior to that growing up we had vegetable garden and mom loved houseplants…our house looked like a jungle. My husband never promised me a rose garden so I planted my own …he built me a greenhouse and when I started I lost lots of seedlings…was my first one so I had learning curves and I still learn new things. I am learning about hydroponics and fogoponics which not many are familiar with.
So stoked to plant some of these soon❤
Thanks for the tips.
I collected some seeds from lupins growing in the wild today (in Limburg, south Netherlands), I've seen them for some years now and they have a most lovely purple colour.
Hopefully I can make them grow and plant them in the garden :-)
Wonderful, thank you for sharing your knowledge! You settled a disagreement as I was told Lupines would not transplant!
Excellent video
Thank you 🤩
We have naturally heavy clay soil, so we will need to amend it heavily. We’re planting 6 plants into the ground (after amending). I’ve read MANY conflicting opinions on whether or not to dig all the existing soil out to a depth of 2’ and replace with a mixture of some of these: topsoil/compost/humus/vermiculite/perlite/builder’s or horticultural sand. One says the sand will turn the soil into “cement” and the other says it helps. Can you advise? Thanks!
How do you stop the snails & slugs getting to the lupins? The always seem to get to mine!
We have a great product for that 🙂www.envii.co.uk/shop/feed-fortify/
I planted 3 bare roots and been growing for about 2 weeks with a couple of stems and leaves growing. I'm trying not to over water but the stems keep falling over. I cannot figure it out. Are they very fragile starting off and take time to harden! Will the become stronger when the root system develops more?
Just so frustrating to see them falling over. I have them in part shade and they seem to fall over during mid day. It's February in Ireland so it can't be the heat. Would you have any advice?
@richiep3520
How are your Lupines doing now in May?
It sounded like you have what they call dampening off. I can’t tell you for sure as I can’t see them.
Or it may have been transplant shock.
@@tinaknutsen 2 of them survived and have stabilised and both have blooms in process. One beautiful magenta and one is purple and white. I did need to prune them as the existing leaves couldn't seem to support themselves and the newer foliage has thicker stems.
@@richiep3520
They sound beautiful and I’m glad you didn’t loose them all. You could try to collect the seeds and plant them were you want them.
@@tinaknutsen truth be told they had a nice bit of green leaves growing but had signs of powdery mildue. I made up a solution of water and baking soda but think I have wrong ratio and ended up burning half the leaves on each. Pure stupidity on my part. The leaves had brown and black patches on it so ones that were very bad I had to cut off and the the few remaining are a bit scarred. It's a resilient plant so it should bounce back. New to gardening and silly mistakes will be made unfortunately 😕
@@richiep3520
All gardeners make mistakes! It takes a brown thumb to become a green thumb! I took horticulture back in 84; prior to that growing up we had vegetable garden and mom loved houseplants…our house looked like a jungle.
My husband never promised me a rose garden so I planted my own …he built me a greenhouse and when I started I lost lots of seedlings…was my first one so I had learning curves and I still learn new things. I am learning about hydroponics and fogoponics which not many are familiar with.
Lovely garden. I’m in Maine. What growing zone r u in?
He’s in the UK. American growing zones don’t really apply here but we have mild winters and mild summers.