Evening primrose: Sowing, planting and harvest calendar
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Sowing outdoors
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Planting
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Bloom
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How do you sow evening primrose seeds outdoors?
Sow common evening primrose outdoors in spring or autumn according to your climate and the seed packet. Choose sun and prepare a fine, weed-free, well-drained surface; very rich soil is unnecessary.
Scatter the small seeds thinly on the surface and press gently for contact with the soil, without burying deeply. Light helps germination. Water with a fine spray and keep lightly moist until seedlings emerge, without soaking. Then thin to about 30–40 cm between plants.
Watch young rosettes and slug damage; do not rely on eggshells for effective protection. Water according to drying while plants establish. Spring sowing does not guarantee flowers in the first summer: this evening primrose usually flowers in its second year.
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