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Growing Phacelia?

  • 12-03-2015 11:05PM
    #1
    Capercaillie
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    Anybody experience in growing this plant?


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  • #2
    yellowlabrador
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    It's vey easy. Just sow where you want it, but wait until the frosts are over. It's often used as a green manure. I love the scent.


  • #3
    Capercaillie
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    I'll be planting 0.5 acres of it in September. How tall will it be come April? I'm beside the sea, so no real frosts but it is windy.


  • #4
    yellowlabrador
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    I grow it among flowers in beds it is about 1m high by August and dies back with the frosts. But then I have a cold garden that's also wet. I'd definitely sow in March /April though.


  • #5
    Capercaillie
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    I need cover in April so will have to sow in autumn.


  • #6
    Capercaillie
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    Have you every sowed in Autumn?


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  • #7
    yellowlabrador
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    This wouldn't work in my garden, it's too cold and wet. It's North facing. I don't know how it would do to overwinter. Maybe clover would be better?


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