Seed shot: growing and care

Lumbago or sleep-grass is a primrose, the pubescent buds of which appear on the edges of pine forests, in the steppe, on mountain slopes, as soon as the snow melts. Unfortunately, the plant is on the verge of extinction and is listed in the Red Book. Many gardeners try to grow lumbago from seeds or rhizome cuttings. Rhizomes are dug in the forest in spring and immediately planted in the garden, but their survival rate is unlikely, although possible. Seeds can be harvested from wild specimens in mid-summer and sown immediately. In this case, by the fall, the plant will get stronger and give a couple of real leaves.

Common lumbago, red lumbago, red lumbago and hybrids of lumbago are cultivated on the plots most often. Their seeds can be bought at the store, but they usually do not germinate well because they are too dry. Before planting, it is better to treat them with epin or soak them in a solution of succinic acid for several hours. Sow them in April in mini-greenhouses, without covering it with earth, but only slightly pressing it into it. Moisten crops with a sprayer several times a day so that they quickly shed the seed coat. When a pair of true leaves is formed on the seedlings, they need to be cut into separate containers.

The grown seed shoots are planted in open ground only in August. For the winter, the plant can be covered with spruce branches. The first flowering can be expected next spring, and after 4-5 years a beautiful curtain is formed. Lumbago in the garden looks great in combination with tulips, daffodils, crocuses, primroses. They can be planted among trees and shrubs, since foliage appears on the latter when the dream-grass has already faded.