Mid-Atlantic Gardening: "THINK SPRING!" seed swap DISCUSSION, 0 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Awesome--Muddy!!!! I am looking forward to it...

Judy (coleup)--I was so touched by all your comments and your story-telling
re the Swap. So sentimental! So touching!---S0 sincere! {{{{Big HUG!}}}}
I think you came to terms of what you have missed by not being able to
come to so many of these swaps. You have such a BIG heart!

I picked up a very few seeds too-- many of which should be WS.
I also have some of my own. Need to now sort through them.
I had some luck last year with WS'ing. Am encouraged to do it again.
The next phase of dealing with seeds is about to begin! Will it never end???
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I would like to suggest some very useful containers for WS'ing--besides bottles and jugs.

--The high-domed, vented plastic containers that 2lbs. of grapes come in are awesome.
--Also--some of the larger. higher pastry and cake servers. just make holes.
--Just bought these--the very high domed, square, vented containers the Artisan lettuces
are grown in. Perfect!
All the above (and more of the like) are totally vented on the bottom as well as the lid.
Ideal for WS'ing.

Many of these containers give you a chance to sow smaller quantities of any given plant.
These also allow good light to shine through the clear plastic. And--are easier to keep track
of how your plants are doing. No lifting of tops of jugs to see.

If you are sowing seeds in a bigger container--a high cake top is great as a dome.
Just melt a few holes in it for ventilation.

1qt. flavored water/juice/soda bottles work great for really small quantities of seeds.
Cut the top 1/3 off--add soil--seed seeds--put cut off top back on/into the bottle. NO cap!

You may think I do this all the time....NOPE! Just giving you good ideas.


BTW--I seem to have "inherited" a big Zip-loc bag of a dozen packets of seeds
of "Great Blue Lobelia". Anyone claiming this? It, accidentally, ended up in my Big Box.

David--was this yours??? Did you not give me this plant last year?
I will mail this back to whomever claims it. If you can wait--bring it to you at the
Spring Swap.
Here it is! Speak up! Look familiar? LMK.

Gita