Growing Chinese seeds is quite an interesting process. Just a couple of months ago, I saw a large number of seeds on AliExpress. I decided to order some for fun and try growing houseplants.
I ordered mostly indoor plants of various varieties. I immediately planted all the seeds in cups under stratification, and within a few weeks, seedlings began to appear. Most of the seeds didn't sprout at all, but I wasn't expecting a 100% success rate.
The impatiens seeds were the first to sprout, in just a couple of days. The plant is now three months old and has already produced red flowers. Photo of impatiens #1
The next palm trees to appear are the ones growing. They're growing very slowly and don't have any real palm fronds yet. Palms are pictured under #2.
The arborvitaes sprouted one after another, and I've already transplanted them into individual pots. The arborvitaes are pictured in photo #3.
Two Mimosa pudica seeds sprouted. I ordered a silk tree online, but the mimosa sprouted. The plant is actually quite interesting. If you touch it, it starts to close its leaves. Mimosa is pictured in photo #4.
The giant strawberries have also sprouted. There are no berries yet, but the leaves look very similar. I transplanted most of them into the garden, and left a few bushes in a pot at home. Photo of strawberry #5
And two more plants grew that I don't understand. Number 6 should be a fuchsia, and number 7 a pelargonium.
In conclusion, I'd like to say that there are reputable sellers on AliExpress. Just in case, I've included photos of the packaging of the seeds that actually grew.
And using the links to the plants, you can order seeds that you are also interested in.
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Could you suggest a store?
Masha
That store was really good, but for some reason they've now changed their selection to kitchen gadgets. It was called Love Garden Seeds.
Margarita
It's a complete waste of money, I'm talking about the seeds on Ali Express. None of the seeds sprouted, and what did sprout was a complete rip-off. I ordered bell peppers and received just hot peppers. The flowers didn't sprout at all, even though I'm an experienced gardener.
Valentina
Don't order seeds—almost nothing sprouted, and the rest didn't even match the varieties listed. For example, instead of geranium, I got a geranium, essentially a weed! A waste of time and money!!!
Galina
Buy peppers at the store: red, orange, yellow. I always use these seeds.
sweetie
The last photos show weeds - nightshade and succession
sweetie
In the top photo, all the black cups contain sprouts of garden weeds, woodlice (chickweed) and string. Don't expect giant strawberries—at best, they'll be regular garden strawberries (we call them wild strawberries). But they could also be Bakhmutka (a weed that'll be difficult to get rid of). Large-fruited strawberries have large, thick leaves and petioles.
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and strawberries definitely have a "heart"
Hope
I ordered 4 types of geraniums from different sellers, and the result was a complete mess. The cucumbers were a bluish color and had different leaves, and the tomatoes were so big they wouldn't fit in the palm of your hand. Only 2 grew, and it's unclear what kind they were. It's a shame they just took up space in the greenhouse. I won't be ordering any more, and I don't recommend it.
Alexander
This is pure advertising... I ordered seeds, nothing grew, and the flowers that were tubers arrived all crushed... such nonsense... and the delivery time is so long that it's better to buy in stores in your city.
Tatiana
I ordered 13 varieties of echinacea. The seeds arrived quickly, and there were plenty in each packet. I sowed them three times: twice at home for seedlings and once in the ground in the summer. I also gave some to a friend – one seedling sprouted! It grew over the summer and, judging by its leaves, looks like horseradish. Scam!
Victor
Nothing comes up.
Neither vegetable crops nor flowers.
Don't even hope...
Elena
I also ordered seeds from Alishka. Some never arrived, others didn't sprout. A lot of fuchsias sprouted. But when I waited a year and a half to see the flowers, I was very disappointed. Instead of a variety of purple flowers, I got tiny white ones. I threw them all out.
Galina
Year after year, people tell us not to order seeds from AliExpress, but we keep getting sucked into this scam. Everyone's right: nothing will grow from what you order except weeds. For us, the prices seem like pennies, and curiosity is what drives us. Definitely don't buy anything from them. Only disappointment...
Raisa
I ordered a few seeds at a time, ordered two hippeastrum bulbs, they sat in the pot for a long time, but both sprouted and are growing.
I ordered five different adeniums, two of them sprouted and are still growing.
The fuchsias also sprouted, but I ruined them myself by overwatering them.
So it's not all that bad.
I still have some unplanted seeds, I'll try to plant them. I'll write later.
Olga
Can anyone tell me what plant #6 is? Mine came in under the name "geranium." Four varieties of different colors, this same plant. It hasn't bloomed yet, but it's growing fast, producing strong side shoots, the lower ones are going into the ground to germinate. Basically, it's some kind of monster. I don't know whether to keep it and see what grows or throw it out for good measure.
Tatiana
This is a very beautiful, large fuchsia No. 6. And No. 7 is similar to the De Barao tomato.
Thank you Tatyana, let's hope that this will be the case.
Nina Ivanovna
The thuja looks like a carnation
Lyudmila
The blue tomatoes sprouted well. They weren't blue, just dark. They were super productive. I'm happy. The Oryol cucumber sprouted, but I didn't see a single cucumber.
The large strawberry plant produced bushes with very aggressive tendrils. Duchesnea. A terrible aggressor with inedible berries. Suitable for a pot.
The flowers didn't come up!! So, good luck...