SEED SOWING IN AUGUST

I've just ordered far too many packets from Plant world - they had 30% off in July! When they arrive, some need immediate sowing so they'll be done and perhaps left in my plant fridge (yes, it's a thing) to avoid drying out. Others need winter/spring transition, so I'll keep the seeds dry and cool till safe enough to sow and keep in cold frame.

 

While watching Beechgrove yesterday, she was going to sow Echinacea seeds. Isn’t it the wrong time?

If so, I have sown Echinacea in January respectively took the seedlings that grew in the garden.

 

Possibly to overwinter and have stronger plants next year.

 

Understood, but seeds from an echinacea would be ready in late November max. I will give it a try.

 

The season up here is much shorter [not that I'd take notice of anything that woman says] so seed is available earlier on some plants, but if you don't get seeds until November, it's probably better to wait until late winter/early spring to sow them.

 

Maybe she was sowing seed from a packet?

 

@pete, the seeds of an echinacea plant start to develop in October and are ready for use here at the end of November. By chance, I had used germinated seeds from the soil this year, and they germinated in March and developed in April. I then took from the ground into a pot. I could have planted them in June but waited until July.
If I use seeds from a package, I start sowing them in the second half of January/first half of February indoors. I tried to sow them once in April but this didn’t work, they didn’t germinate. I think Echinacea are one of those that are easy to grow from seeds but they need their natural time which is in Winter.