Mid-Atlantic Gardening: August Blooms, 0 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Holly,
The seeds are already in the mail!....:o) You should get them no later than Saturday.
Don't even think about postage! They all go for ONE regular stamp! All of 42 cents!
That is how I have sent all my seeds. Nothing has ever come back.

wind--
like Chris said--you have to start them indoors early. The take their sweet time germinating--about 4 weeks. When they have some true leaves--transplant them directly into a 4" pot and let them grow in it until they are 5"-6" tall and a good-looking plant. By now--they would already be outside in filtered sun and gaining momentum.
Yes! I plant them in a bed that gets full sun as well. Have the spot ready, and then just lift them out of the 4" pot and place them in the hole. DO NOT disturb the roots any!

They will "settle in" for a week or so and then "bolt" by leaps and bounds. It is amazing!
I would also suggest you drive a sturdy 4' tall stake near them at this time, as they will need staking in a month or thereabouts.

If you just started them from seed in, say, end of may--they will grow and bloom, but their seed pods will NOT mature to the point where you can collect seeds.

I am afraid that my lagging Yellow Datura will fall in this category--and I only have ONE of them! The other one never made it! Don't know what caused it to die???
I may be going begging to some of you for more seeds in years to come.

Wind--IF you need more "tutorials" and photos, I have plenty--of every stage of the Datura's life. Be glad to share! I have done it so many times already...I may need to find all those Posts, c/p all the contents and save it all in my Documents. So much to re-type all the time.....

BTW--IF you did not label which onr is the Purple one and the Yellow one--the difference will show in the seed "apples". The Purple one's are smooth--the Yellow one's have soft spikes all over the the Pod.

Here is a picture of how big ONE Datura plant can get....