I sure hope this is the right forum for this question. If not, please forgive me!
I was deadheading one of my taller pincushion flowers last week, and noticed that I waited a bit too long. The seeds were falling all over the place, so I gathered what I could and decided to plant a few. It's probably the wrong time of year to be doing that, but it's nothing lost if it doesn't work.
Today, while watering the pots that I put the seed in, the dog decided to bump my arm at 90 miles per house, and I dumped a bit more water on one of the pots than I had planned on. A bit later, I went out to finish watering, and noticed one of the seeds was laying on top of the potting soil and had spouted.
for the sprouting, not for it being on top of the soil!
I don't know what it is that is growing! It is a root? Is it foliage? I guess it would help if I knew which end was up on these seeds, and if I should poke them into the ground, lay them on their side, or leave them on top. The end of the seed that the growth is on, is at the opposite end of the seed that I poked into the ground. So, this would be "up", based on how I poked them into the ground. It could have been from one of the seeds that was on it's side though.
To me, they look like a badminton birdie, and it seems obvious that they would poke themselves into the ground. However, I really have no idea as to whether or not this is correct. So, I poked some into the ground, pointy end first, and set others on their side. All were covered lightly with potting soil.
About the only thing I could think of to do was to lay it on it's side, back in the pot, and covered it again with potting soil. I'm hoping that it will do what it needs to do, either growing up, if foliage, or down, if it's a root.
Is there a proper way to plant these seeds? Thanks for any help!
