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Name: Eric Hawthorne, fl (Zone 9a)   Miamiu Feb 3, 2020 11:27 AM CST |
| I have success usually putting one seed in a small pot and transfer them as they get bigger. I may try one of those jiffy green house pellet things just to see if it works because the price seemed reasonable compared to buying a bag of potting soil. |
Name: Lynda Horn Arkansas (Zone 7b) Eat more tomatoes!             gardenfish Feb 3, 2020 1:00 PM CST |
| That works, too. Cosmos, marigolds and zinnias work well doing this. The seeds are larger and easy to handle. “ Be kind whenever possible” 14th Dalai Lama |
Georgia (Zone 8a)          Hamwild Feb 3, 2020 1:12 PM CST |
katesflowers said:Oooo - delphiniums ! Sadly, those are just rooted leaves. They won't turn into anything and die eventually.  |
Georgia (Zone 8a) Hamwild Feb 3, 2020 1:13 PM CST |
| Can you sprinkle seeds over mulch or do you have to move the mulch and plant individual seeds? |
Name: kathy Michigan (Zone 4b) Zone 4b, near St. Clair MI     katesflowers Feb 3, 2020 2:26 PM CST |
| I direct seed zinnia & other annuals in my flower garden. I first work up the soil, cut a shallow furrow (using a string line), place the seeds in the row and gently rake a light covering of soil over them. Tamp the newly planted area down with your boots. You would need to lightly sprinkle the area each day, until the seeds sprout, if it doesn't rain. Don't forget to save your dried flower heads next fall, so you don't have to buy seeds in Spring of 2021.  "Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing." Shakespeare |
Name: Gina Florida (Zone 9a) Tropical plant collector 35 years     Gina1960 Feb 3, 2020 2:51 PM CST |
| I may have to try seeds this season Award winning beaded art at ceinwin.deviantart.com! |
Name: Bob Vernon N.J. (Zone 6a)           NJBob Feb 8, 2020 8:43 PM CST |
| HD here just received Fruit trees and Forsythia. |
Name: Lynda Horn Arkansas (Zone 7b) Eat more tomatoes! gardenfish Feb 9, 2020 2:58 AM CST |
| Fruit trees pooping up all over here. “ Be kind whenever possible” 14th Dalai Lama |
Name: Eric Hawthorne, fl (Zone 9a) Miamiu Feb 10, 2020 12:30 PM CST |
| Went to lowes. They had a lot of salvia. Some indigos, red, and peach. I bought a salvia splendens. They may think winter is over because the label says zone 10 hardy for cold on the label. |
Name: Gina Florida (Zone 9a) Tropical plant collector 35 years Gina1960 Feb 10, 2020 1:42 PM CST |
| HA Eric I know right? Winter isn;t over for me until April 1 Award winning beaded art at ceinwin.deviantart.com! |
Georgia (Zone 8a) Hamwild Feb 10, 2020 2:09 PM CST |
If I'm lucky, it's April 1st (supposed to be our last frost date). We had a freeze the middle of April last year.  |
Name: Lynda Horn Arkansas (Zone 7b) Eat more tomatoes! gardenfish Feb 10, 2020 4:10 PM CST |
Our last frost date is April 15. The latest frost I remember was a hard frost on April 25, which took out all the peaches here and 75% of the strawberries. Haven't been to Lowe's lately, but you can bet they have tomatoes already.  “ Be kind whenever possible” 14th Dalai Lama |
Name: Bob Vernon N.J. (Zone 6a) NJBob Feb 10, 2020 5:23 PM CST |
| Safe planting here is May 15th, but you need to be careful till the end of the month. |
Name: kathy Michigan (Zone 4b) Zone 4b, near St. Clair MI katesflowers Feb 11, 2020 6:31 AM CST |
| Me, too Bob. Spring seems so far away. I see seed racks & seed starting kits at HD & Lowes, but that's it. "Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing." Shakespeare |
Name: Gina Florida (Zone 9a) Tropical plant collector 35 years Gina1960 Feb 11, 2020 6:36 AM CST |
| Our actual average frost free date is supposedly March 10-15ish. But we almost ALWAYS have another episode of cold in the last week of March. Once we had a single night of 28F sandwiched in-between 2 nights with a low in the 60's! I have learned over the years it better to just bite my nails and wait. Nothing worse that planting something nice out and it getting frost nipped, or moving out a bunch of camper plants and having to schlepp them right back in. I cruised Lowes yesterday for some orchid bark and they had all the pansies and ornamental cabbage on the discount rack for 50 cents. But the only 'new' stuff that I have not seen before were all the ubiquitous Valentine's Day phalaenopsis Award winning beaded art at ceinwin.deviantart.com! |
Name: Lynda Horn Arkansas (Zone 7b) Eat more tomatoes! gardenfish Feb 11, 2020 6:56 AM CST |
| Totally agree with you about waiting, Gina! I used to put out tomatoes in March(!) , and then rush out to cover them up every time the night time temps dipped below 32 degrees.... I found out personally that this stuns the plants and they never produce as well as they should. I put them out May 1st, now. “ Be kind whenever possible” 14th Dalai Lama |
Georgia (Zone 8a) Hamwild Feb 11, 2020 8:28 AM CST |
| As I was leaving Walmart this morning, I saw the Bonnie guy setting stuff up. |
Name: Lynda Horn Arkansas (Zone 7b) Eat more tomatoes! gardenfish Feb 11, 2020 12:26 PM CST |
 “ Be kind whenever possible” 14th Dalai Lama |
Name: Gina Florida (Zone 9a) Tropical plant collector 35 years Gina1960 Feb 11, 2020 1:14 PM CST |
| There were people buying tomatoes at Home Depot today. HD was unloading the full complement of the 'usual' tropicals....common bromeliads, spathiphyllums, etc. Nothing new. Award winning beaded art at ceinwin.deviantart.com! |
Name: Gina Florida (Zone 9a) Tropical plant collector 35 years Gina1960 Feb 17, 2020 7:45 PM CST |
| Lowe's here has BIG nice ALocasia Regal Shields for $16.98 Award winning beaded art at ceinwin.deviantart.com! |
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