Samphire grass
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Here's the first part of the Growing advice - though you seem to be doing very well without it! :-
Germination Instructions

Sow indoors in spring. Surface sow onto moist, well-drained seed compost. Just cover seed with a sprinkling of soil. Place somewhere warm, ideal temp. 25°C. Germination takes 1-3 weeks approx. but can be erratic. Once seedlings are 2-3cm tall transplant to individual pots of free-draining sandy soil and grow on. Grow on under glass or acclimatise and place pots outside after danger of frost has passed.

Growing Instructions

Prefers a light, well-drained sandy soil in full sun. Samphire is best watered with a saline solution of 1 teaspoon of real sea salt dissolved in one pint (568ml) of water. Do not use table salt as this contains a caking agent which will kill the plant. Due to the plants salty requirements it is preferable to keep Samphire in a container or pot. Samphire is happy in a pot on a windowsill, container planted on the patio or in the garden. Keep the soil moist at all times. Harvest shoots from June-August, after which the shoots become woody.
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Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
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Samphire grass - by Small chilli - 16-06-2024, 12:00 PM
RE: Samphire grass - by Veggie - 16-06-2024, 07:38 PM
RE: Samphire grass - by JJB - 16-06-2024, 08:20 PM
RE: Samphire grass - by Small chilli - 17-06-2024, 08:19 AM
RE: Samphire grass - by Veggie - 17-06-2024, 09:52 AM
RE: Samphire grass - by Small chilli - 17-06-2024, 10:10 AM
RE: Samphire grass - by Veggie - 17-06-2024, 12:05 PM
RE: Samphire grass - by Small chilli - 17-06-2024, 03:24 PM
RE: Samphire grass - by Small chilli - 24-06-2024, 11:10 AM
RE: Samphire grass - by toomanytommytoes - 19-06-2024, 12:37 PM
RE: Samphire grass - by Small chilli - 19-06-2024, 12:49 PM
RE: Samphire grass - by zooe81 - 19-06-2024, 10:19 PM
RE: Samphire grass - by Veggie - 23-06-2024, 10:13 PM
RE: Samphire grass - by Small chilli - 23-06-2024, 10:21 PM
RE: Samphire grass - by Veggie - 23-06-2024, 10:31 PM
RE: Samphire grass - by Small chilli - 24-06-2024, 11:06 AM
RE: Samphire grass - by Veggie - 12-07-2024, 09:51 PM
RE: Samphire grass - by Small chilli - 13-07-2024, 07:57 AM
RE: Samphire grass - by Small chilli - 12-07-2024, 10:33 PM
RE: Samphire grass - by Veggie - 13-07-2024, 02:01 PM
RE: Samphire grass - by Small chilli - 13-07-2024, 03:58 PM
RE: Samphire grass - by Vinny - 13-07-2024, 10:06 PM
RE: Samphire grass - by Small chilli - 13-07-2024, 10:33 PM
RE: Samphire grass - by Scarlet - 14-07-2024, 09:01 AM
RE: Samphire grass - by Veggie - 14-07-2024, 09:34 AM
RE: Samphire grass - by JJB - 14-07-2024, 09:40 AM
RE: Samphire grass - by Small chilli - 14-07-2024, 09:56 AM
RE: Samphire grass - by Veggie - 14-07-2024, 10:32 AM
RE: Samphire grass - by Vinny - 14-07-2024, 11:02 AM
RE: Samphire grass - by Veggie - 14-07-2024, 12:17 PM
RE: Samphire grass - by Veggie - 14-07-2024, 12:05 PM
RE: Samphire grass - by Veggie - 13-09-2024, 07:16 PM
RE: Samphire grass - by Small chilli - 13-09-2024, 07:27 PM
RE: Samphire grass - by Small chilli - 07-10-2024, 05:29 PM
RE: Samphire grass - by Small chilli - 11-11-2024, 06:08 PM



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