They are more than a bit squashed!



That's better!


They will probably be crying out for more space by the time that they are strong enough, and the weather good, enough to put them outside, but I only had room for 4 trays on my sunniest window.

Arif, he is so sweet looking, and such a handsome puppy.

Wow Kate, those semp babies are growing really fast, and healthy.

Wow! How old are they? They really grow fast don't they and soon they will be independent effects of baby sitting.

Got my Semp seeds today. One packet has two hundred in it and the other twenty five. Now the confusion for me is that both the packets cost the same and how can that be? Better keep an eye on the twenty five, there has to be some reason . Now I have to find a place to bed them down.
Regards,
Arif.

Yes, the bigger ones are bigger than my little arachs already!

Arif we cross posted, these are 9 weeks from sowing, about 8 weeks after germination. They seemed to take a while to get going, but after the second pair of true leaves came in they took off and haven't slowed down since.

Good luck with your new seeds. When will you plant them?

Arif, love your sweet little doggie.

Wow, Kate, they're huge already. Great job!! Such precious, fuzzy babies.

Wahoo, you got your seeds Arif. How exciting.

Kate, your seedlings are doing so much better than mine that I found out in the beds. They seem to be taking forever to get going.

Are yours still outside Lynn? I suspect that having a radiator just underneath mine has helped things along.

KAMasud said: Got my Semp seeds today. One packet has two hundred in it and the other twenty five. Now the confusion for me is that both the packets cost the same and how can that be? Better keep an eye on the twenty five, there has to be some reason .

I like the way you think, Arif. Yes, I am now more interested in the 25 than the two hundred seed pack. Give us updates!

Planting them. This is April by mid May we will be baking. I will have to grow them in the basement where it stays bellow 28c. Is bright diffused indirect sunlight enough for them? Should be. I suppose I will sow the 25 seed packet in the morning. As to the two hundred . Got a mixed packet of twenty five cactus seeds, I will sow them also.
The 200 is giving me jitters.
Regards,
Arif.

KAMasud said: The 200 is giving me jitters. Regards, Arif.

I would get the jitters too...It reminds me of the time I did 200 and I was flabbergast at the thickness of green carpet I got within a space of
5 inch X 41/2 inch container that I shook the pkg into. That was when nobody was around to tell me about separating and sifting and whatever needed to be done to help germinate in a sane manner...
Maybe you should save 25 of the 200 and send the other 175 to somebody else younger with more time on their hands?

My babies above were from a 200 pack, I have around 80 plants from it.

Yes, but these domed see through cups mini greenhouses give a fantastic germination rate. I put about 15 seeds per cup or at least try to and get ten or more viable.
Taking this a bit further, I never had much successes with Coleus seeds in this dry kind of environment. This time I tried them in the cups and got 90% germination and they are healthy and strong. Will take a photograph of those also to give an idea. Now I have to develop the concept and find bigger containers with enclosing high covers.
Those two hundred seeds are coarse and bigger while the 25 seed packet I had to put on glasses and look through the packet against strong light to make out if any thing was in there. Like dust, 25 grains of the finest dust at that.
Regards,
Arif.

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Kate those are so cute! A radiator huh....interesting. I see those warming seed starter mats all the time.

Arif your puppy is too cute!!! I can't wait to see how your seeds do

My seedlings came up in the beds outside, and have remained out there. That is why they are so far behind yours Kate.
They are having to contend with the wet and cold. When warm weather arrives it might set them to growing.

Yeah Lynn!

Arif, my initial germination numbers were higer than my total numbers of plants. I lost some to beheading when I sprayed them a bit too vigerously, and I've also lost a few to over crowding. When pricking out yeterday I came across what I first thought were weeds - Odd I thought seeing as they have been grown in doors, but after a little while I reaslised that theye were tiny semps that were soooo leggy that they were no longer rosette shaped but long thin stalks with leaves on.
I'm intesested to see the diference between you two batches of seeds.

Jackie, I have a heated propagator but I didn't use it for the semps, it's not a temperature controlled one and I think it would have been too warm for them. But inside the sunniest window in the house with heat below it and the fluctuation of day/night temperatures seems to work wonders.

Lynn, I hope your weather warms up soon and your babies take off.

It is still on the dark side here this morning, but it is warmish and a soft and gentle spring rain is falling.
I am also finding a few new seedlings in the beds for a couple of seed stalks that I forgot to remove last year.
I'll try to get a photo of the seedlings today if the rain stops.