OOPS! Wrong pic - here it is again.
Fall '06 Seed Exchange - Indoor Sowing Results
2 of 11 - Calendula officinalis 'Victoria Sunset'
3 of 11 - Canna indica
4 of 11 - Clianthus puniceus 'Roseus'
5 of 11 - Hippeastrum 'Red Lion'
6 of 11 - Hosta (open pollinated) from 'Great Expectations - pic 1 in full light
Hee hee - here's the pic
7 of 11 - Hosta (open pollinated) from 'Great Expectations - pic 2 in less direct light
8 of 11 - First sprout of Lilium from 'Sally Jo Ann'
9 of 11 - Musa ensete
10 of 11 - Ricinus communis 'Zanzibariensis' in left foreground, Ricinus communis 'Carmencita' in left background, and Datura metel 'Black Currant Swirl' on right in forground
11 of 11 - Ricinus communis 'Carmencita' almost touching the lights - need to transplant today looks like
Okay, just one more. These are my Honey Tangerine seedlings that I got from the Friends of the Garden organization at the University of Western Ontario. I was told when I purchased them that they were started by a professor in Plant Sciences.
Wow, ginnylynn, you've got a regular plantation going on there. Looks great!
Joanne
Thanks Joanne :-)
Great pics, Ginny. Do you have a big chart on the wall, as seen in the canna and musa pic? Well, that's a good idea I must say! Did you make it or purchase it?
Well, you know I'm partial to hostas, and your babies look great. Almost time to cull them (yikes!) I just did mine last week and that was hard, but they sure do seem happier to have their own space!
Sandy
Wow, great plants Ginny :) You've got a great selection of plants there!
Those Cannas look amazing, I'm going to order my seeds later this week. Hehe
The baby hostas are pretty cute, how long did yours take to germinate?
Steven
Yes, that is a chart on the wall Sandy. It's one I had purchased about 4 years ago to track a large project I was leading at work. I hadn't used it since so I thought it would work just fine for tracking germination of indoor seeds.
Yep - getting close to having to transplant those hosta babies. I don't know if I'll be able to make myself actually cull them though. I'm going to keep as many as I have room in the indoor greenhouse for :-)
Steven, it took about two weeks for my hosta seeds to start germinating. LOL Of course, since they were my first it seemed to be so much longer than that. I think I started checking them two days after sowing :-)
--Ginny
Thanks Ginny. I really should sow my hosta soon.... I just sowed a bunch of Lilium Formosanum var. Pricei and Clematis Alpina. The Clematis apparently takes forever to germinate, needing 3 months of warm, 3 months of cold and then that cycle needs to be repeated untill they germinate.
I sowed the Lily and Clematis in baggies to save room and they'll be plucked out and potted as they germinate.
When you're talking about your hostas, what does 'cull' mean?
Steven
Culling of the hostas is one of those "oh so painful" whittling down tasks :-) It involves selecting out and keeping only those seedlings that show the most promise for what you are looking for - whether that be interesting differences, unusual colouring, close to parents, or a specific variegation or colouration you were attempting to accomplish (if it was a deliberate cross). Since I'm not looking for anything in particular this time around I am gloriously free to keep as many as I can find room for in my indoor setup - which I truly hope will be all of them :-)
Good luck with that Clematis. Before this year I've never had the patience to try the more difficult germinators when it comes to seeds. I just have never had the patience for it. This year I'm trying a couple - we'll see how that goes.
--Ginny
Same with me, never tried anything difficult before. Up untill this year, I've just done easy annuals that I can start right outside.
I suppose since my hosta isn't a cross, they won't have to be culled either. Of course as of now, I have no room for any inside.....but I'll make room :)
Steven
Just sowed my Hosta indoors today along with, Primula japonica and Delphinium grandiflorum
Oh, how exciting! I can hardly wait to see what you get from your hosta seeds :-)
My hosta seeds were from 'Midwest Magic'. The leaves on it change colour as they mature, so it might produce some interesting results. http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/109654/
Lovely. It has a look that reminds me of my 'Great Expectations' - which didn't set seed this year.
Thats actualy the first time a Hosta I had set seed.................or at least the first time I noticed it :)
.....Just checked out 'Great Expectations', is it ever nice! On to my list it goes.
LOL Your list must be rapidly approaching the length of mine :-) Here I was, thinking I was done and feeling very virtuous for restraining myself from going back out to look at the online catalogues I've already ordered from (just in case there was something I missed, you know).
When all of a sudden I found myself on the Brugmansias Etc. web site ( http://www.brugmansiasetc.com/index.html ) and.....well......I just have to have one of those Colocasia ‘Black Magic’.....oh! and one of the Colocasia ‘Illustris’......and oh look! They have brug seeds too - I'll definitely have to try germinating some Brugmansia sanguinea and some Brugmansia arborea - that way if I lose them trying to over winter them indoors it won't be such a hit in the pocket book......but I just have to get one live brug too - ‘Charles Grimaldi’ will fit the bill quite nicely :-)
Hello. My name is Ginny, and I'm a plant/seed-aholic. I guess there isn't much hope for me, but maybe you can learn from it.....LOLOL!!!!!
I probably could learn from you and your plant-aholicism.........but don't want too :D
The other day I printed off my list of "must have plants, seeds and supplies" and when it was done printing................it was 3 pages long!
Hello. My name is Steven, and I'm a plant/seed-aholic. There is NO hope for me. I have passed the point of no return.
PS. Hoping to get my first Brug (that I don't kill) this year :)
Ginny, I just wondered if you were interested in doing a spring seed trade?
Just D-mail me if you're interested in a trade. :)
Steven