HOW TO GROW LAVENDER FROM SEEDS?

Lavender is a perennial purple herbal plant. It is used as a fragrance and a medicinal herb. It has aromatic properties that are use for cooking, flavoring, and garnishing food, and a essential oil.

The most important thing when growing lavender is the freshness of the seeds. Lavender seeds have to be fresh and high quality seeds to make a good plant. Get new seeds. They may not work if you used lavender seeds that are old and have been seating around for a while. It will take a while to germinate the seeds.

Take the lavender seeds place them in a wet paper towel and place them inside a plastic bag. The wet seeds will star will germinate after a few days. Transfer the new germinated seeds in a container with potting soil mix. Add some compost on top of the container. That will make the soil porous and dry very well. Place the new germinate small seedling on top of the container. The seedlings are very small. Press the seedlings down very lightly. Keep the new seedling wet all the time. The temperature of the plant should be 68 degrees to 70 degrees Celsius. Germinating lavender seeds needs normal light. It needs at least 8 hours of direct sun. Use a thin layer of mulch. It will take 15 days to start growing from the time you start the plants. Place the new seedlings on a sunny place. Watch them grow. Enjoy them.

Lavender plants grow very slowly. You can start growing lavender in early spring. Prune the lavender plant to make sure the plant last. When harvesting when the flower are 50 % open. Pick the flowers right above the woodiness of the plant. Wrap them in bundle and hang them upside down for two weeks in a cool dry place