Name: Anne Summerville, SC (Zone 8a) Only dead fish go with the flow!
Yesterday I started the first wave of seeds for the new year .. here's the list:
Bird of Paradise - Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Chilean Bell Flower - Lapageria rosea
Cigar Flower - Cuphea lanceolata
Corydalis - Corydalis taliensis
Dutchman's Pipe - Gigantia - Aristolochia gigantea
Geranium - Pink Lace - Geranium
Heuchera 'Emperor's Cloak' - Heuchera Hibiscus - Yellow Mallow - Pavonia praemorsa - Germinated 1-25-13
Jovellana - Jovellana punctata
Milkweed - Blue - Southern Star - Tweedia coerulea Mimulus Mimulus luteus tigrinus grandiflorus - Germinated 1-25-13 Oxalis - Blue - Shamrock Pea - Parochetus communis - Germinated 1-28-13
Sea Onion - Bowiea volubilis Shag Spine Pea Shrub - Caragana jubata - Germinated 1-28-13
Star Vine - Schisandra glabra Sweet Pea - Blue - 'Azureus' - Lathyrus sativus - Germinated 1-25-13 - Green showing 1-28-13
I'm trying something new this year .. in the past I used cell packs which were a pain because of irregular germination - I'd have to be digging out individual seedling to transplant into a pot .. This year I'm using plastic bathroom cups. I'm hoping that I can avoid having to do 2 transplants.
I can fit 15 cups on my tray and as each cup germinates and gets true leaves I can just move the cup out to the greenhouse and stick in a new cup with new seeds. Hopefully I can keep the seedlings in these cups til they are ready to be planted in their final home.
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