Here’s how I sow and record perennials sowed mid-winter for stratifying. They will be left outside until they germinate in April-June, some not until 2020!
Seed from IPK Gatersleben, the German genebank (mostly for KVANN / Norwegian Seed Savers projects on perennial vegetables and the onion collection at Ringve Botanical Garden in Trondheim
Seed from Sällskapet Trädgårdsamatörerna (STA) – Swedish Garden Amateurs
54 new perennials sown, using sterilised (on the wood stove) sand mixed 50-50 with compost
My normal stratifying bench was frozen sold so that I couldn’t open it, so I’m using these old double windows to protect the pots
….and each milk carton tray has a number: 11/18 in the picture is the 11th tray in 2018. Full details are written in my 5 year garden diary for each pot in case the labels move!
Perennial vegetables, Edimentals (plants that are edible and ornamental) and other goings on in The Edible Garden
