Wintersowing 2009-2010

no... i leave them be until it's warm out... really warm, like they would cook with the lids on.
once it's spring... and the temps are up... possibly 50's or so with full sun, and the containers are in the sun... i may take the lids off.... but again, much of this is weather depending.

tcs, did you keep notes on how those Rudbeckias grew once into the beds? Your pan looks great. Did they all continue to grow well? Any pics?

it's trial and error. Some seeds will only germinate once the weather is warm. Many time I dump the soil in my container to reuse and find stuff sprouting up later.

drapelady.... those were Purple Coneflowers. and i have tons of photos of them on my main PC. [on the laptop now]
I do not believe i have any notes on them... they are second year bloomers, though i did get 1 single bloom in 2007
with this being their 3rd year... i have LOTS of them. I'll post an image when i get upstairs.

I like'em and the butterflies love them.

My notes pretty much ends with..."planted out" or did well.

the Ruds are a are first year bloomers... they always do well too.

Here are the Eastern Coneflowers

creating a new thread..... gimme a min or two....

tcs, if you have windows 7, you can share folders on the same network. I just tried it. it's the coolest thing!

New thread....

and lili ... I'm still with XP.
i could set it up to share on my network... i have some 'shared' but dont think i have all my gardening images.


Come on over..... http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1065142/

My first experiences with WS were pretty sad too. Just keep plugging all and you'll suddenly find yourself with more plants than you know what to do with.

Sorry to be off topic but I have tried 2 or 3 times to sow larkspur directly but if they come up I don't know what they are and I know they should be sown in the fall so they will come up and bloom in the spring. My question is can I go out and scratch the top ;of the earth and sow them now and if I do will they bloom this spring. I guess if mine have come up I thought they were weeds and pulled them. I am anxious to get a stand of them started..

Veronica... good to see you.

if you do do that.. stick in some sort of plant marker so you will know there may be seedlings in the spring.
a plastic knife with "Larkspur" on it should do.

Hiya Veronica! Check out these pics- image results from googling "larkspur seedling pictures"

http://images.google.com/images?q=larkspur+seedling+pictures&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=d944S4bsIseVtgfElYWLCQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBAQsAQwAA

I wish every seed catalog would include seedling photos- it would save a lot of heartache!

Don't forget to move on to the next thread.... http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1065142/
dial-upers have problems with pages loading when they get too long.
Neal -- thanks for the link.