General Discussion & Chat: Shes's about too...42, 1 by AuntB

AuntB wrote:
Maybe I'll start saving vitamin bottles for seed.. sure, Linda, it's only 1 more... I mean, it's winter... Joyce is seeing blooms... I haven't heard any mention of it being a mite magnet or needing extra special attention.. and it's blooming, now... she said it has been non-stop.. right Joyce? I think she said they sprouted outside in the pot for her.... She so generously sent me seeds late last summer or was it during summer??? I was going to immediately plant them so I put them on the glass shelves above my kitchen sink.. I think they were in a tiny zip lock bag not zipped, maybe or just the paper envelope? Joyce remember? Any way..... to make a long story even longer... I got busy sending cuttings etc, got laid off, the holidays.... and completely ignored the seeds. Last month Jan 14th I retrieved them from the envelope and they looked like the were trying to grow.. they reminded me of a light brown water melon seed... but I noticed the seed had kind of split at one end.. like a leaf would (had wanted to?) emerge from that part.. I was a bit irritated with myself.. I thought maybe I "killed" them waiting so long to plant, but they still looked good, not all dried up..so I planted them, I tried germinating them different ways and .. this is what I've found today.. kind of blurry... taken thru my magnifying glass, but I'm SO hopeful It still looks viable and more plumped up... I wonder if we soak them first, it would help hasten the plumping? - what I've learned... they were stored dry in the south window so ... warm and very bright indirect light, some humidity provided by the faucet... the one I'm hopeful for was just snuggled in on TOP of the potting medium, it's been covered on the shelf with a plastic dome providing moisture and warm.. I don't believe I've allowed this one to completely dry out.. a couple I allowed to dry out.. they were covered with medium.. I will delicately investigate those further..