Karen,
Yesterday I decided to plant a pkt. of Larkspur(Giant Imperial mix from Burpee) and I put them in a strip of 5 small peat pots with MG potting soil/moisture crystals and planted them the depth of the peat pots, spreading a light layer of vermitculite over them. Then pulled the mulch over that. I bet that's too deep. I finally got a magnifying glass and looked at the pkt. directions and you're only supposed to sow them 1/4 inch. Should I just leave them and see if they will germinate or dig those up today and replant them? I had read that they don't like to be transplanted so that was my reasoning for the peat pots, so I could plant them in the ground. I still have one pkt. and I'm tempted to go out, pull back my mulch and sow them directly in the ground. Do I cover the mulch back over them? Will seeds that are spread over mulch come up? I'm going to learn how to direct sow if it kills me. Seems like a no brainer but things keep getting in my way of comprehending what I'm supposed to do. Remember how unsure I was last year of wintersowing? Hey, can't wait till January to roll around and I can get my milk jugs planted! I'm only planting 36 this year.(1/2 gal.) Wintersowing does work with the milk jugs for all you newbies. Try it, you'll like it! I'm sold on it now. One of these days I'm going to get brave and try "growing under lights"
