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Queenie26
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Carnation

I am growing carnation seedlings here in the Philippines and I'm kinda worried they wont survive the heat.. I currently have 80 seedlings and they're 5 weeks old. I don't know when they will bloom. Anyone has an idea when carnation seedling starts to flower? Here's a picture of some of my seedlings. [img]https://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i353/Karque26/100_1324.jpg[/img]

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Your seedlings are doing well for 5 weeks old, but they are tiny yet. I'm not sure if they will bloom for you this year, although maybe since your seasons are different and it will stay warm for them.

Here with cold winters, I would plant carnation seeds (indoors) in Jan or early Feb for them to be big enough to bloom by June-ish. If I started them in June, they would be going dormant in fall before they bloomed.

Incidentally, the ones that are three to a pot need to be separated out and given their own pot, so they don't compete with each other too much.

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Thanks for the advice. I'm working on transplanting them on separate pots for them to grow well. It's always sunny here so I think 2-3 hours sun would be enough. I hope I'll be able to see them bloom by the end of the year or after 5-6 mos. They're actually 2-3 inches tall now, here's an image. [img]https://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i353/Karque26/100_1330.jpg[/img]

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they're growing really well now :)

[img]https://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i353/Karque26/100_1653.jpg[/img]

[img]https://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i353/Karque26/100_1652.jpg[/img]

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Looking good!! :)

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yes and I already separated the ones with 3 seedlings :)



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