Stocks

Double flowers (some only single)- stocks are also only a one hit wonder – so DON’T PINCH OUT or they will not flower at all – once they have flowered you use place for something else like Dahlia – if you are growing Dahlias.

1 seed per cell – so just to clarify if 1st leaves are like above they will be single flowers and if not jointed like this should be double flowers.

Make a well and put seed in so lots of contact with soil but don’t cover – they need light to germinate.

Can plant from about end of feb – (heat mat with hat on as soon as germination starts move into greenhouse to prevent leggy plants)

sunny or part shady (so could go in my front garden for me) – feed 1x month

Lovely scent – can prolong flower by deadheading? I guess this means the flowers individually and not the whole stem.

Stocks are from the cabbage family so protect in same way – if you get tiny holes on / in leaves it is flea beetle and will need treating with bug spray.