Propagation: Winter Sowing, 1 by Legit

Legit wrote:
This will be my third year at winter sowing, It is the best thing that ever came along, and all it's doing is working with Mother Nature instead of against her!!

My favorite container is a milk jug. Cut almost in half, and leave a hinge by the handle. When you are all done, tape it back together with a clear tape, and you have created a tiny greenhouse tall enough for some growth if you don't get to them soon enough. I find it important to keep them on the soil so they feel the same temps and moisture as the natural soil. I sowed several hundred last year, mostly perennials, trees and shrubs. I had very good luck, and the ones that failed, I would chalk up to about 50% my fault, I did not keep them watered good enough, as I kept them under a roof, and they did not get natural rain.( Will change that this year. I am so excited about this I am going to be giving a seminar on the method at the Master Gardener's Spring conference this year!!

One of my biggest surprises was a Bonica Rose, when I have decent sized plants, I move them to my greenhouse right in their jugs to grow on. This is what I discovered one day late this summer: Bonica Rose from traded seed!! (And I think a Japanese Maple next to it)

Legit