Bombay bronze cockscomb

I’m going to be keeping a reference of how I’m growing Bombay bronze cockscomb. 

I had a feeling they were going to be tricky when the tiny seeds arrived in bubble wrap inside the seed packet. Never seen that before.

Attempt 1. sown seeds in a segment of a 6 cell tray in a bag in the airing cupboard. They germinated within 5-6 days. I then pricked them out into a pot of room temperature compost. Moved them to the dining room window. Under the grow light with the chillies. Within a week they were all dead. 

Attempt 2. Sown into their own pot of pre warmed compost. Pot placed with chillies under the grow light. Also added a heat mat underneath and put a designer cloche ( half pop bottle     ) over them. Again they germinated within 5-6 days. They’ve been going from strength to strength. The babies are growing nicely.

   

FEW grows celosia, I tried flamingo feather last year and they loved the summer heat. Really lovely pink spikes.
Bombay celosia are usually grown a a single stem plant - they don't branch like the others, so one and done? So takes up a bit too mycb space for me.

My babies are growing. I had to take the pop bottle cloche off today. I’ll keep a close eye on them. Make sure they don’t need a bigger one.
But I hope they will be ok.  Think I’ll let them get a bit bigger before I try to pot them on.

Very pleased I’m OCD on labelling! Because they look a lot like chillies at the moment.

   

Well done on the labelling.
That is VERY often my downfall.
But thankfully that’s when this forum comes into its own. There’s always someone who can recognise things that I haven’t a clue about.

FEW grows celosia, I tried flamingo feather last year and they loved the summer heat. Really lovely pink spikes.
Bombay celosia are usually grown a a single stem plant - they don't branch like the others, so one and done? So takes up a bit too mycb space for me.

Got a few celosia Pampas Plumes going at the moment. Very tiny as yet, but surviving so far.

They look lovely! Im only doing some zinnias as my something new.... i have already run out of space

I had some good zinnia last year.
This year I’m trying zinnia Faberge.
Haven’t sown them yet - better get a move on

Can’t find the ruddy seeds.
Bought them this year and put them somewhere!
Just waded through hundreds of packets looking for them, but nowhere to be seen.
I DID find some 2010 zinnia seeds though, but I don’t think I’ll waste my time on those!

Can’t find the ruddy seeds.
Bought them this year and put them somewhere!
Just waded through hundreds of packets looking for them, but nowhere to be seen.
I DID find some 2010 zinnia seeds though, but I don’t think I’ll waste my time on those!

Every seed deserves a chance! Sow them

Zinnias will be in the Z box of seeds - feeling lonely as there aren't many other Z seeds to keep it company.