Pansy seeds

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    Can I sow some now indoors and overwinter the plants in the greenhouse? Has anyone else done this?

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    I've never tried it but I think they wouldn't like it indoors if it was too warm. And they may grow "leggy". Just a gut feeling of mine. Others may know better . I'd be interested to find out,
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    I started my summer ones indoors middle of last winter (February time), and by the time I got them planted out they had gone leggy as Jenny suggests - they don't take long to grow once they get going, so you would probably be better to start them early spring next year?
     
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    Val , never had any luck growing Pansies from seed. They are cheap and cheerful from the GC ,:dbgrtmb: really not worth the bother to grow. Lovely spring plant though - they look happy ! :spinning:
     
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