Robyn, how scary!!!
Star, thanks for letting me know my box arrived. When I thought about how much work went into it, was kind of afraid to give it to the post office. I only put delivery confirmation because I thought they might treat it better and be less likely to lose it.
Everyone, I'd like some input. Ran this by Lea, and I think she thinks what I'm doing is kind of nutty. You know certain seeds say start 65-70 degrees for 2-4 weeks, then (cold) for 4-6-8 or whatever weeks, then (spring weather) for germination. Well, last year some of these (like gentians, aconitums,etc) didn't germinate for me with just wintersowing, so I planted them in their wintersow containers, but put them on a heat pad under lights, thinking I'll move them outside after the 2-4 weeks of warm. Does this make sense?............But what's happened with my gentiana makinoi is that it sprouted after 1 week, so I guess it's not going outside, and I hope it makes it through the winter under lights. Actually I was thrilled to see it sprout, as I was expecting nothing, and now I know that even though it was tinier seed than lots of gentians, that it's viable. Hooray! Hope it doesn't get damping off or something, but we'll see. Do any of you do the start it warm, then put outside, for any of your seeds?
