[casper]

Hi, I sowed some Munstead Lavender in Feb, Good news is they are still alive, bad news is they are still little, they have a few extra tiny leaves and seem to make progress very slowly, should I expect this and is there anything I can give them as a supplement, Ta

[Yorkie]

That sounds about right.  They won't want extra nutrition only a few weeks after sowing.

[Trillium]

And when you water them, do so from below as they don't care for wet leaves.

[cricketwidow]

I sowed some of these seeds last year and they were only ready this year if you read about Lavender apparently it takes that long, I won't bother again now I know why they charge so much for a pot in the garden centre.

[Trillium]

All the garden centres do cuttings to make it easier and faster. Personally, I never had luck with cuttings but will keep trying because they really are quite pricey as potted plants.

[casper]

Oh thank you reassuring, I dont mind waiting as long as it takes, I love lavender and been my usual self sowing whole packets, I have 70 out of 150. Who needs 70 Lavender. I suppose every man and his dog willl get a Lavender plant for their birthday next year 

[ulsterfairy]

I give up on growing lavender from seed just because I was 2 impatient!! Good luck with it tho, Im sure everybody will love being given a lavender plant when they ready 

Personally I have cheated slightly and bought 6 plugs or £2 from morrisons to grow on!!

[casper]

Haha I dont suppose they are cheaper to sow at that price 

[mumofstig]

I bought half a dozen small plug plants, cheap on ebay in the autumn, potted them on and kept them in the cold greenhouse.

They're very bushy and healthy looking - but they're not an awful lot taller (about 4/5 ins now)
than they were when I got the plugs 

They're just slow growers