Re: progress of indoor planting

Dear Sheryl:  I don't recall what size these seeds are, but if they weren't
very tiny, I put them in a moist paper towel and kept that in a somewhat
open plastic bag on the oil burner, and when they sprouted I put them into
soil under lights;

some seeds I put into both soil with bottom heat as well as into paper
towels with bottom heat, just to have both options;  the only seeds I had
trouble with that sprouted on the paper towels were those that were very tiny.

So far, the salvia and penstemon are looking good.

Isabelle Hayes

>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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