Re: progress of indoor planting
I'm glad to hear that you have had luck germinating two of the species I am
having trouble with salvias and penstemons. Any suggestions? I am placing the
seeds on paper towels insides sandwich bags and kept on heating pads set to 70
degrees. No luck.
Sheryl in Western CO
Isabelle Hayes wrote:
> 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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