lupine seed planting instructions 100 Rainbow Mix Lupine Flower Seeds – New Hill Farms

lupine seed planting instructions 100 Rainbow Mix Lupine Flower Seeds – New Hill FarmsUp for sale is one pack of 100 Rainbow Mix Lupine flower seeds. Suitable for zones 3 8 lupine they are very easy to sow and create multi colored spike type blooms on 36" stems. We offer flat rate combined shipping on all orders, no limit on the amount or type of seed packets. CULTURE Soil temperature: 70 degrees fahrenheit Germination lighting: Dark Germination days: 12 days Seed Depth: 1 4 inch Seed Spacing: 18 Inches Plant spread: 18 inches Plant

Up for sale is one pack of 100 Rainbow Mix Lupine flower seeds. Suitable for zones 3-8 lupine they are very easy to sow and create multi-colored spike type blooms on 36" stems. 

We offer flat rate combined shipping on all orders, no limit on the amount or type of seed packets.

CULTURE

Soil temperature: 70 degrees fahrenheit
Germination lighting: Dark
Germination days: 12 days
Seed Depth: 1/4 inch
Seed Spacing: 18 Inches
Plant spread: 18 inches
Plant height: 36 inches
Plant type: Perennial
Maturation days: 365 days

You can direct sow these in mild climates, but we suggest you start them early in pots in warmer parts of zones 7-8.

Prepare a shallow dish, like a pie pan, with 1/2" of very warm tap water (out of the faucet hot - do not exceed 140 degrees). Place your seeds in the warm water and let it cool where you need to let your seeds soak for at least 24 hours. Direct sow seeds and cover lightly with peat or compost. Lupine require consistent moisture and failure to germinate is usually due to dry spring weather. You can not direct seed in late spring or summer unless you live in a very mild climate.

You can start these early in pots but they dislike being transplanted so use a 4" peat pot and do not remove from the pot when transplanting, or seed in the pot they are going to stay in. Keep you potting mixture moist during germination and letting your seed bed dry out will ensure little or no germination. Once your plants are at least 2" tall you can transplant them into the garden in spring after your last frost. Seedlings initially create round leaves, but after their true leaf set they send up palm frond shaped leaves (see last photo).

Lupine will not germinate in hot spring or summer weather.