No worries! I planted them in places where I hope they reseed. I've got tons of wild violets back there but they are just starting to come up. I'm hoping these will give some color earlier.

Lots of little blue wild violets here also ,
This snuck into the party though ,, foreign Ranuncleus ficara
leaves look like a violet




I have a few pansy and hybrid violets , no blooms there so far ..

Wish I'd caught this thread sooner. Add a drop of Tea Tree Oil to your watering can, it prevents and kills mold in seedling trays.
This has been a real seedling saver for me as I start a lot of seeds on a heat mat indoors.

I never heard of Tea Tree oil for a seedling fungicide, but that makes sense.

bx I thought you might like this .
A hybrid violet

I love it! Pansies & violets are my favorite flowers! I have several of each ready to transplant as soon as it warms up. I think one of them has a bud. I can't wait to see them bloom!

Here is a Tatsoi Bok choy ,,
from winter sow ,late ,
it is bolting ,, All the better for seeds I guess

yay! I should be sowing my bok choi seeds directly outside in the next week or two, here. As I recall, it does well in cooler weather, like a lot of the other lettuces. I just gotta weed my garden beds now that the weather is warm enough. I went out last week on a sunny day and the ground was partly frozen, so weeding just wasn't going to happen. The weeds are LOVING buddying up with the daylilies in my raised beds and in my bed by the garage. The ones by the garage are the nasty ones with prickers, too, so I'm really not going to love weeding those. It will be a great excuse to go outside in this gorgeous weather, though! And I'm really excited that the daylilies seem to be popping up like crazy, now. (Not the scapes/blooms, of course, but atleast I can tell that nearly all of my daylilies survived.)

Here are most of my seedlings that I started early.


I have a ton that I intend to direct sow in the next week or two. I also have a few Johnny Jump-ups that surprised me in one of my weedy garden beds. I thought I had pulled them all last year, but either some of the seeds just germinated, or they reseeded before I pulled them:

Hi everyone! Sorry I'm late to the party but we finally had some rain and I was able to stop and come do some reading and catching up. So glad I did. Everyone's seedlings/plants look just great! Those Johnny Jump Ups are precious. It just fuels the spring for me.

I have gotten so much done in my yard since March. Rachale and I have managed to build 9 flower beds. Of course, Chuck and CJ helped. They did put the dirt in the beds for us. By tractor. I will update my other thread with all that kind of photos because I really wanted to share photos of things some of you have given me in the swap. I hope you don't mind. My winter sowing was somewhat of an eh for me. I really think we were way to warm for it to have any effect. I have studied my results and nothing was faster nor better than had I waited til now. It's all growing at the same rate. However, I'm still not disappointed in it either. I lost some things, I'm waiting on things and things have come to pass. Not only did everyone at home pitch in and help where they could, but here too. I want to thank all of you for everything you sent me in the swap. For me, it was a huge success.




This is the Black Prince Snaps. I believe both bx and jimard gave me these. There are only 4 currently, but I've still not given up that more may pop up. If not, it still was a success.




These are the frosted sunset snaps. Bx gave me these. I have managed to get a total of 6 so far. Still waiting to see if more pop up. Not bad as where they are going 2 per pot will be fine.





Here is the phlox Tapestry. It has 3 so far but more are on the way. I'm so genuinely excited about all this.



Night and Day Snaps



Alyssum Aphrodite. I did lose the other wonderland alyssum. So... I ordered more. I really did like those. I sowed those the other day so it will be a bit before they germinate.



Jimard - I just couldn't be happier with this. The Purple Ruffles basil. It's going to be beautiful. I have planted red dahlias between the two plants. I've also paired them with Sunset Tricolor Chyrsanthemums and Bronze Beauty Calendula. I do believe someone from here gave me the calendula.

I have several things out in my garden from everyone. I'm just going to post a large pic of my veggie garden and you can guess where it is, lol.




Broccoli, Tomatoes, Lettuce and Bok Choy from the swap are all in here. Ooo, carrots too. Cucumbers, cantaloupe as well. I think that was it on this end for veggies.

As I said, everything is just great. Sadly the lyreleaf is just not coming on. Nor are a few other things. Not to worry though. I still have faith and who knows, after this rain, things may just pop up. Thank you all for making this a great gardening year for me. I have never been so happy doing what I love most. Everyday I am reminded of each of you and your thoughtfulness. It makes my little heart sing.

Karen Looks delightful , Flowers will be slow to happen here , getting there ,

Karen , Basil loves that weather that cooks us ,, Hope they stay looking for you ,, I know they do not seed true , and sometimes a rust red-orange version happens ,,,
Warming up fast here so far so it won't be long , I already had other plants and seeds I was doing ,


Things like .. A wintersown Brussel Sprout




A blooming Tatsoi Bok Choi oh well ,, a Bolt Flower it is ,,,


Several Delphinium , and my Third Bamboo from seed showed today , ( takes months sometimes and often )

Karen I meant to say earlier that is a good job of growing with the Black prince snaps , I would usually get about 3 seedlings for every 12 or 14 seeds I tried . I had one that lived a while .
some of the Delphiniums I have are from this swap ,
I try a lot of plants I do not have much luck with , Much beyond weed types (etc Wild ) and Easy vegetables , I do not have much success with , I am not that attentive is usualy y ...

Jimard, I'm glad to hear of your trials with your snaps. Those 4 in the pics came from you. I planted yours first. We have had germination weather since march so feel comfortable sowing a second set. I expect those up anytime. Probably around friday as that will be the first sunny day we've had all week due to rain. The nice thing for me with the black prince snaps is that even if I only have 4 come up, It's a nice little tucking plant for me. I can always find a place to put those few. In the event I have more and need a bit more space, I can always find that as well.

I also sowed some Aroma Red Spice Snaps from swallowtail. I have about 15 of those up. But it took a second sowing to get that many. Those will fill one of my whiskey barrels. I still have everything seeding in the ws jugs. I have not emptied them yet. Nor planted out. I think I have one more window where I should have a bit more germination. This weekend we have temps in the low 80s and sun. After this rain, everything should be sprouting like crazy. I have some things that I sowed 2 days ago and already they are sprouting. I believe someone from here gave me some bellis perennis and some straw flower. Both of which have been sowed and come up. But they came during the rain even though they were under cover with access to the rain as well. Just not enough to be drowned this year. That part has been nice.

I was tickled to see your brussel sprout. It looks exactly the same as my ws'd broccoli from dnd. Same size and everything. I'm not sure if that is good or bad. I'll let you decide, lol.

As far as the basil is concerned. Trust me, it's going to be a deep purple. It's just taking it's time. Of course, keep in mind it is mottled right now due to dirt. Or should I say mud. That bed gets drowned when it rains. Then an hour or so later, all the water will have drained. I have planted it where I did my reg basil last year. That basil got 3 ft tall. I'm not so sure I want this one 3 ft tall, but I want it fluffy, lol. I put it in a great spot.

Dnd, I meant to tell you I love those little peat pot greenhouses. I bought a few of them and planted some things like a few zinnias, nigella and others that I didn't want to be washed away once planted. When we get rain, my gardens will wash away and those are so nice to keep the roots protected and anchored. I also bought a little 12 plug one and germinated some gazanias in them this week. Pretty handy since I didn't need alot of the gazania and they need darkness to germinate. Not alot got wasted. I've been pleased with them.

Karen Snaps do not do well here , I have better luck with them in pots , in ground ,, dead ,, gone , history ,

Here are some results ,, easy things

Borage


Tyfon


lettuce




cabbage


I belive these are from bx, Rick , and cheryl

I am being a thread hog , a flower hog , generally obsessive
Delphinium
these are from jvdubb red with white eye or other way around , hybrid name escapes me for now

These are Pacific giants from me , a gal named Debra , and a few from someone here ,,

Cool tatsoi seedling! From seed to cotyledons directly to bolting! I guess that IS an efficient way to multiply seeds.

Or did you get 1-2 pair of true leaves before the flower stalk emerged?

Funny, tatsoi is very cold-tolerant. Maybe that only means that cold doesn't KILL it, just makes it bolt. But I did not think that either!

Is there a chance that those tatsoi seedlings saw some hot days before they bolted?
Or some particular stress like dryness?

Rick About 6 leaves ,, no hot weather only mild , And the dryness is possible , But ,,, it was raining almost constantly except this week , when it went right to eighty degrees the past five days or so ,,
I will try again this fall

Hunnh! Now I know something new.

Do you recall any particular variety name of the one that bolted so eagerly?

"Tatsoi" has the fewest named cultivars of any Brassica I've paid attention to.
"Komatsuna" is also fairly generic.

(If it was from me, I'll go look up what I put into DnD's swap.)

Hmm, my notes from the ATP tool don't show me sending you any tatsoi ... was I a Bad Boy and sent un-asked-for seeds?

I guess they weren't from me.

Looking at my own "HAVE" list, the closest thing to a cultivar name for tatsoi is from Tainong Seeds: they sell "Takuchoy" which I thought was mandarin for "Tatsoi".

. ... Now that I do more research , Takuchoy ?= Ta Gu Choy = Tagu Choy looks like it has much longer stems than Tatsoi. And fat veins. So I don't know, now! I'll have to grow that out and let it get older, see if the rosettes get taller.
http://www.clovegarden.com/ing...

My Tatsoi form other sources has just been called "Tatsoi", except for one "Red Tatsoi" and one "Green Tatsoi".

Rick I will keep looking , I think it is a baby bok choy , but I do remember being surprised by the larger b&W print saying Tatsoi After either choi or choy ,

My internet dropped a while ago .. took a few to get it back up

>> I think it is a baby bok choy

Well, if it is this one, even the seed vendor said "very quick to bolt" (or maybe that was the custimers writing reviews).

The vendor did say "pick when 2" tall".

jimard8
Bok Choy (Brassica rapa 'Baby Bok Choy')
~1/2 tsp ~ 2 gram double pkt

That was from Baker Creek, a "bulk" purchase, catalog # OR130 and OR130C.

http://www.rareseeds.com/extra...