How To Grow Hollyhock Flowers From Seeds In Pot? (With Updates*)

Hollyhock Flowers are The Most Beautiful Flowers Of Winter Season, They Have a Big Size, A Brighter Color, & They Grow very Easily. In This Post We Will See How You can Grow Hollyhock Flowers From Seeds. STEP By Step. So keep Reading.

Hollyhock Plant Basics….

Hollyhocks are The Cool Area Flowering Plants, they are Grown as Winter Season Flowers. They Have Different Flower Colors, There Flowers Grow On Such Sticks, There Plants Grow Around 4-5 Feet High.

Hollyhock Flowers Grow In Bunches, Around The Stick. They Can be Grown In Pots As Well As In The Ground. Their Peak Blooming Time is Springs, They also produces Seeds As The Summers Starts & Then Dies.

What is The Right Time To Sow The Hollyhock Seeds?

You can Start Them With their Seeds In Their Growing season. The Growing Season of Hollyhock Plants Starts When The Temp is below 30 Degree Celsius. In asian Countries, they are Grown In The Starting Winters Upto Springs.

While if You Live In a cold climate country Like, in Usa, Hollyhocks Seeds are Sown In Springs, They grow Well In Summers & Dies When Winter Starts. Overall If You Live In Cold Climate Country, Sow The Hollyhock Seeds In Springs.

While In Temeprate Climate Areas, Hollyhock Seeds are Sown In The Early Winters. Before Sowing The Seeds, make Sure The day Temp is below 30 Degree Celsius, From The Weather App In your Phone.

How to Grow Hollyhock Seeds?

Another Important Thing For Growing Hollyhocks From Seeds Is The Quality Of Seeds. Freshly Stored Seeds have Good Germination rate, While Old Seeds Grow Lesser, The Seedlings are Weaker Too. Some Fresh & Good Quality Seeds are Also Linked Here to buy.

If You Wanna Grow a Special Variety, First gain Some Experience With a local Or Native Variety, Then Next Time try The Rare Variety, Rare Varieties Are More Sensitive, & You may fail, So Gain Experience Then Try.

A Well Draining & Porous Soil Media is also Important To healthy Sprout The Seeds. Your Seed Starter Should be Soft & Well Draning. Otherwise The Germination rate Will be very Less.

Hard & Compact Kind of Mixture, lowers The germination rate. You can also make a good Seed Starter At Home, Simply Follow the This Guide. For The Pot, You Can Choose any Wider Container, That is 5-6″ Deep. make Sure It Contains Drainage Holes.

To Sow The Seeds of Hollyhock Plants, First Make The Soil Media Fully Moist.

Now Place The Hollyhock Seeds equally Apart. Now Cover Them With a Thin Layer of Same Seed Starter, or cocopeat.

Now make The Media Fully Moist. Use a gentle Sprayer, Dont Through Water, Otherwise The Seeds May Displace. Place This Pot in a very Well Lit Area, Away From Direct sunlight.

After 7 Days….

Within 7-10 days, Seeds Will Start Sprouting. At This Stage make Sure of Good Light, Otherwise The Seedlings Can Go Leggy.

After 25 Days(Transplant)….

After Few Weeks, When The Seedlings have a Few True Leaves, You can Transplant Them in A Bigger Container.

6-8″ Pot For a Single Plant is enough, For Soil Media, Choose a Well Draining & Loose Mixture, If You Dont Have Any, You Can Follow This Guide To make a Free Potting mix At Home.

Transplant The Young Plants very carefully, Try not To Damage The Roots. & Water Frequently after Covering The Trunk. Place Them in a Shade For a Week, Then Move To a Sunny Area.

After 46 Days(Fertilizer)…

Within a few More days, The Plants Will stand & Start Growing. Now You can fertilize Them. Use a Balanced Fertilizer, You can use This One Its Made At Home For Flowering Plants.

Apply one Dose Every 2 Weeks, Detailed Guide On This Is Added Here, It Will promote Many Flowers So Must use It.

After 67 Days…..

With a Weeks or So, You Will See The Plants Are Growing Well. At This Stage, You just have To Water, Keep Checking For Any pest Attack. if The Soil is Moist, Dont Water at All. For The pest, You can use Neem Oil Spray every 2 Weeks.

After 83 Days…

So Here We Have our First Flower of Hollyhock Plants, Now the Flowers Will Keeps On Blooming, Just make Sure of The fertilizer. If You See any Pest Use Neem Oil Spray, Detailed Guide on That is added here.

This is Another Color of Hollyhock plants, Its Flower Size Is Smaller,

This Is The White Colored Hollyhock, its Flower Size Is also Small That due To The Small Size pot, So Dont You make That Mistake.

Flowering Stage….

These Flowers Will Keeps On Blooming, As long As The Season is On. Once The Season Changes, & The Temp Goes Out of The Ideal Range, Hollyhock Plants Will Go Under stress & Dies.

They Do Produce Such Seeds Before Dying, You Can collect them & Save For Next season.

A Detailed Guide On Hollyhock Plant Care is added Here, You can Follow That.

So Its All About How To Grow Hollyhock Flowers From Seeds In Pot, To Explore More of Such Winter Season Flowers, Here is a detailed Guide.