Hosta September Sun

May 1, 2012 - September sun seeds in peat pellets

May 2, 2012

Hosta September Sun, Hosta Salute

I received seeds from Ann and I am ecstatic to try growing hosta from seeds. I was having my peat pellets ready and put 25 little peats on a small growing dome.

While I own Hosta August Moon, I do not have Hosta September Sun.

According to Hosta Library, she is a sport of August Moon, and really nice leaf texture, corrugated with dark green edgings.
Size is Medium, and registered by Solberg in 1985.
Hosta registrar entry give you details of this registration - September Sun

So, 24 seeds for september sun and 1 hosta salute goes in the germination pod.
Say good luck and hope she germinates

Hosta Seed Propagation Indoors

march 24, 2012 - lance shape leaves:)


march 24, 2012. The leaves show me a Sieboldiana trait.


March 24, 2012 I counted 24 small pots of hosta.

HOSTA SEED PROPAGATION (NOV 2011)

Last summer, 2 to 3 attempts at hosta seed propagation failed. None showed up. NADA!

A neighbor of mine notice some seed pods of her hosta in fall2011 and offered it to me. While I was sad that I never had success, I said ...hmm, why not?

I forget about sterile seed mix.
I used potting soil, added vermiculite, perlite and pour hot water on the mix. As it cool down, I added the hosta seeds on top.

No, I did not pray for miracles this time. None happened before, so this one must be some random chances of the universal order of things.

It was a clam shell from salad with a lid.
A heat mat was handy.

Running out of space, I put it inside my cupboard of all places.
To my surprised, she did germinate, and no damped off.

So here she is, hosta la vista, my first successful attempt at hosta seed propagation.

I will update once I am done moving them to a grower pot individually.