I learned something new and important

I put up some cardinal climber vine seeds in my usual seedling pots; then I
read in a book about vines that they don't take well to replanting, so one
should put them right into peat pots and that should minimize their trauma
when going into the ground;

on the peat pot wrapper I read that it is the soil temperature that is so
important for the success of getting seeds to sprout; further, it said that
most perennial seeds don't need the soil to be warm; I think it said the
ideal temperature for them was between 60 and 65 degrees;

I've been putting my perennial seeds on the oil burner for bottom warmth,
and while some of them have sprouted, many have not; I already figured out
that they may not need the heat and have removed them, and some of them did
then sprout;

annuals and cuttings do need more warmth in the soil, it said.

You can learn something in the most out-of-the-way places.

Isabelle Hayes

 


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