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I think I will have to thin these. I wasn't expecting 99.9% germination since these were old seed

Wow - that's a lot of alyssum!

Thanks for the tip, Joanne.

Yes, Thinning may be necessary.

On the other hand, hunks of alyssum are pretty. I use multi-seed pellets to get that effect.

Karen

Karen, you convinced me. I'm going with the clumps

I think you'll like the effect. I've never planted them as single seedlings. Now, I've been using these seeds, and the multi-seed pellets each grows a little hunk of it's own, about 3 or 4 seedlings.

http://www.harrisseeds.com/sto...

Then, I plant several hunks close together for a real clump.



Karen

Yes 3 or 4 is a nice clump. I might split my plugs since they are more light 10 in one

that looks great Karen

Thanks. I love that cultivar of allysum.

Karen

Alyssum seeds seem to keep very well, in my experience. I usually run out of seeds long before they lose viability!

When it comes to seeds now is always better than not