Difficulty in Germinating Helichrysum Seeds - Help

dogstarheaven

I've resown this twice now, altho' it does state grow seeds on surface of the soil and that it'll take 21days or so to germinate, but nothings happened.. have other ppl found this hard to grow, or is it just me? i really love the flowers and i haven't seen one in flower for yrs. they used to be part of my childhood seeing them in other ppl's garden's or as dried in vases.

dogstarheaven

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peter_the_piper

Did you sow them in a tray or directly outside, if outside they are probably eaten. If in a tray, did you cover the tray with glass and newspaper?

dogstarheaven

hi pp. i've done this originally in a propagator with a lid but then realised that i covered them, so resown them on top of compost surface and then put in the greenhouse and covered with lid and 3rd time, i'd left the lid off as when it's been really hot, i thought it the seeds wouldn't germinate. now they're covered with a lid, but still no life from them..

have you sown these before, pp?