progress of indoor planting

Greetings:  I've been sending in questions about the indoor seed sprouting
in progress at my house, and have this to report, for those of you who are
interested:

some of the seeds which I garnered from hollyhocks and nicotiana in the
garden last fall have sprouted very nicely, as have dahlia tubers, but some
others, like red and lavender monarda have not; some of the seeds I
purchased have sprouted very well, like salvia, lavender, penstemon,
tomatoes; a fellow list member sent me seeds of lavatera which are doing
well, but the cleome she sent have failed to sprout;

other seeds which I bought have been growing very reluctantly; gaillardia,
perovskia, lobelia cardinalis;

the lychnis seeds which were purchased wouldn't sprout when I kept them
moist with bottom warmth; finally I put them near the lights, and sprayed
the soil and kept it moist, and sure enough, today I noticed some green
sprouts; some other listmembers were kind enough to advise that putting
seeds from warmth into "cold" will sometimes get them sprouting, and I guess
this is what happened;

I wish the seed suppliers would advise when a type of seed will be hard to
get to sprout; I think all of the ones I bought were advertised as "easy
from seed".

On a happier note, last year I got a lot of digitalis plants from the
billions of seeds, and they have come back very nicely after such a mild
winter; also dianthus; also I have about 45 feverfew plants, enough to place
around in various locations to mix in with other plants; and this is why I
so love to grow from seed; because when it works, one gets so much for the
effort one puts into it.

Isabelle Hayes

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