Gnome Gomphrena Seeds Item #A-260 | 50 Seeds | Price: $2.95 Qty: Free flowering clove-like flowers that blooms through hot dry conditions until frost. Ideal plant in your garden with a dry location. Attractive white, purple, pink and rose on a 10-12" plant. Package (50 seeds).

How to Grow Gomphrena Seeds

Germination Media

Use a well-drained, disease-free media with a pH range of 5.8 to 6.2, and EC less than 0.75mS/cm (2:1 extraction).

Sowing

Cover the seed with vermiculite lightly as they need light for germination.

Stage 1

• Seeds should be soaked in water for a day or two before planting.
• Germination temperature: 68 to 75�F (20 to 24�C).
• Light: Light is required for germination.
• Media Moisture: Keep the media medium wet (level 4) during germination.
• Relative Humidity: Maintain 95 to 97% relative humidity until cotyledons emerge. Avoid excess humidity later-on in the plug production, as this will create conditions favorable for disease incidence.

Stage 2

• Temperature: 72�F (22�C) days; 68�F (20�C) nights.
• Light: Can be up to 2,500 f.c. during Stages 2 and 3.
• Media Moisture: Keep the media medium (level 3) to medium wet (level 4) during Stage 2.
• Fertilizer: Apply fertilizer at rate 1 (less than 100 ppm N/less than 0.7 mS/cm EC) with a nitrate-form fertilizer with low phosphorous. Maintain a media pH of 5.8 to 6.2 and EC at 0.5 to 0.7 mS/cm (1:2 extraction).

Stage 3

• Temperature: 72�F (22�C) days; 68�F (20�C) nights.
• Light: Can be up to 5,000 f.c. while maintaining temperatures.
• Media Moisture: Moisture level can be reduced to medium to medium dry (level 3 to 2). Do not allow the seedlings to wilt.
• Fertilizer: Increase the fertilizer rate to 2 (100 to 175 ppm N/0.7 to 1.2 mS/cm EC). Maintain a media pH of 5.8 to 6.2 and EC at 0.7 to 1.0 mS/cm (1:2 extraction).

Stage 4

• Temperature: 68�F (20�C) days; 64�F (18�C) nights.
• Light: Can be up to 5,000 f.c. while maintaining temperatures.
• Media Moisture: Moisture level can be reduced to medium to medium dry (level 3 to 2). Do not allow the seedlings to wilt.
• Fertilizer: Keep the fertilizer rate to 2 (100 to 175 ppm N/0.7 to 1.2 mS/cm EC). Maintain a media pH of 5.8 to 6.2 and EC at 0.7 to 1.0 mS/cm (1:2 extraction).

Growing On to Finish

• Media Use a well-drained, disease-free soil less media with a pH of 5.5 to 6.2 and an EC of 0.75 mmhos/cm.
• Temperature
• Night: 63� to 66�F (17� to 19�C)
• Day: 65 to 75�F (18 to 25�C)

Gomphrena can be grown under moderate to cooler temperature conditions (50�F/10�C minimum); however, crop time increases.

Light

Irrigation