Thursday, February 28, 2013

Seed Starting 2013!

Sunday, Feb. 24: First batch of plants started in the afternoon/evening.  Forgot to soak the morning glories overnight, so I soaked them from about 2pm to 9pm and planted them right before bed. 

Morning glories are in the little cups: 4 heavenly blue, 2 blue star, 2 flying saucer, 4 “pale” purpureas (3 from last year, one from the heirloom purpurea mix), 2 Grandpa Ott (I think), 2 Crimson Rambler (I think), and 3 random ones from the heirloom purpurea mix.  I’m planning to put some in front of the house, some by the kitchen window as I did last year, and a few on the chain link fence at the edge of our property (hopefully to block a bit of the cemetery).

In the square pots are harlequin marigolds, red Marietta marigolds, and firewheels.

Tray 1: 6 cosmos, 6 zinnia (4 lilliput, 2 thumbelina)
Tray 2: 2 tetra snapdragon, 2 poppy, 2 shasta daisy, 4 purple coneflower, 2 peppermint stick zinnia
Tray 3 (7 plugs of old peat from last year): 2 harlequin marigolds, 2 red marietta marigolds, 2 firewheel, 1 peppermint zinnia

This isn’t all I’m going to plant for this year, but this is the first batch of seeds.  Now that I own a ferret who can reach the bottom shelf of my plant stand, my seed growing space is more limited than it was last year.

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