I'm a plant mother

[HappyHiker]

For the first time I'm growing plants from seeds (hey, I've been a city girl most of my life) but now retired in a small area with a lot of great gardeners, so I'm learning....

So I have trays and trays all over the house with little containers (the kind you can just plant in the ground) all over by sunny windows.

I'm feeling a great sense of nurturing watching the wee seedlings poke their head above the growing medium.

I water them when needed and talk to them (mentally, not out-loud).

Feeling a good sense of accomplishment with this new project. Hope to save considerable $$ by growing my own. Have some herbs growing, too.

In a couple of weeks, I'll harden them off by taking them outside for a bit and then transplanting them into ground and containers. I've lots and lots of flower-pots.

Hints welcome!

[pinkytoe]

Me too. I love growing plants from seeds and have them all over the house. I love watching the soil move as the little seed heads poke out.

[HappyHiker]

Me too. I love growing plants from seeds and have them all over the house. I love watching the soil move as the little seed heads poke out.

Thanks! Good to know I'm not too wacky...lol.

[iris lilies]

Me too. I love growing plants from seeds and have them all over the house. I love watching the soil move as the little seed heads poke out.

I remember you are really good with seeds.

I am not.I scatter annuals directly into the ground, hoping they will come up, but pretty much leaving them alone.

[pinkytoe]

DH thinks I am nuts when I look for seeds or cuttings everywhere I go. I just did a dumb thing and signed myself up to be on a garden tour in August with just about all my plants grown from seed. Very difficult to garden here

[iris lilies]

This thread reminds me that I have a list of annuals I really have to get ordered:


the euphorbia snow on the mountain

at least one kind of cosmos

4 o’clocks

2-4 kinds of zinnias

[catherine]

Last year I tried growing a few plants from seed in my mudroom, which is northeast facing and unheated. I didn't hold out much hope but wanted to just give it a go. My horticulturist DIL loaned me a heat mat, but I didn't have any artificial light. Well, gosh darn it, if those little things didn't actually grow!!

So I went and bought more cells and seed starter as well as a couple of cheap lights, and 9 different vegetable and flower seed packets. I'll save quite a bit of money if I can get them to grow. I got a coupon to our local gardening supply when I went to the Vermont Flower Show, so my investment so far is $112.

[happystuff]

You are all making me think I need to get started with some seeds. I usually don't have any luck at all, but am always game to try. Thanks for the motivation!

[pinkytoe]

A previous resident of this house must have planted cosmos seeds. Every year, they pop up in my meadow area and create a sea of chaotic color.

[iris lilies]

A previous resident of this house must have planted cosmos seeds. Every year, they pop up in my meadow area and create a sea of chaotic color.

That would be nice. I’ve never had them naturalized, but I had naturalized Larkspur in my city Gardens and hope to get that established here as well. The tricky thing with these guys is that I have to recognize their little seedlings as they come up or else I’ll pull them as weeds. I remember pulling quite a few poppies some years ago until I remembered oh! I have poppies planted here!

Here’s a photo of DH’s vegetable starts in our sunroom. He has only a few started.

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