I have two August Sage Salvia growing very well in my yard. I bought them as plants. The hummingbirds, bees and butterflies love them. They are so low maintenance I decided to try and grow more salvia. I'm trying to grow from seed because I thought it would be more economical and I could find the colors I wanted.

I purchased Salvia Red Flare, Victoria Blue, and another one that's purple (I can't remember the name of it) from Park Seed. All of them germinate, grow about 4 leaves sometimes only 2 leaves then die. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
I don't grow indoors because I don't have grow lights. I waited until it was above 65 degrees (which is most of the year here) and I kept the soil moist until the seeds germinated.
Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

@honeyx4 I'm thinking you meant to say Autumn Sage when you said August Sage.

If the salvia coccinea varieties reseed, I'm happy to get extra plants, but I don't (intentionally) grow plants from seed.

Hopefully, some other who grow plants from seeds, will chime in to help you out. Two members that I can think of that grow salvias from seed are......

@Gerris2 and @FBTS could you offer some info and tips to help out Honey?

Thank you for responding. I figured it wouldn't hurt to ask, there's so much knowledge on this site.

Does it look like the seedlings are damping off?

Thanks for chiming in Joseph.

I'm sorry I'm not sure I know what you mean by damping off. I didn't notice anything disturbing about the seedlings.
One day they were there showing promise and filling me with hope and anticipation and the next day they were gone.
I have tried this 6 times with the same outcome.

Read about damping off.

http://www.missouribotanicalga...

Okay that was helpful. Thank you. I think I know how to proceed from here.

I avoid damping off conditions by using bagged commercially available seed starting medium.

Good luck!