So far, I have winter sowed over 50 containers. Last weekend, we had 3 days with the temps in the low 80's (broke record highs). 16 containers have sprouts. This is my 5th year to WS; I'm not too concerned that same may freeze off. I always end up with way too many plants!
This one amaranthus marvel:
Congratulations on your babies! Every year, I'm always as excited as the first time I got a sprout. It still blows my mind that it's so easy.....I keep waiting for the "catch", but I think I'm finally starting to believe that there isn't one. :)
so cute!
Nice babies! Hard not to hover, isn't it?
My son has gotten to the point that each day when I bring him home from school, he wants to go out and look at the seeds . . . he's excited that they've started sprouting already!
Those babies are so cute, I'd like to give them a kiss!
I try not to hover!!! I sent an email to some of my friends with pictures of my WS babies. One friend doesn't garden, so she said, "Congratulations, I think." It was funny!
Necia
Purdy sprouts!
Necia, did you use clear plastic drinking cups? I need something small like that for a few (in number) seeds.
I found some 20 oz plastic cups (throw away) that I'm using for the same reason, in the picnic section.
Cathy, are they clear or colored? 20oz sounds like just what I need. That should hold at least 4 in or more of soil.
The cups are that slightly opaque/whitish color. I was able to put 5 inches of soil with another good inch at the top. I had never seen 20 oz cups before, more of an iced tea size. To do the holes, I stacked 5 up at a time and used my little drill to make the holes, it went quickly. I'm using the plastic bins with lids for my first WS try, so they won't blow over. I may go buy more yesterday, I'm really getting carried away with this, like everything I do, lol.
I'll check out Walmart and see if I can find some. I have some crates I can sit mine down into. For the cover, I'm leaning toward plastic bags. Ziplock has 2 gallons that can hold several cups and they also have those XL size ziplock bags that even a blanket would fit into. I was just reading hardyplants.com seed starting information that reminded me about the ziplock bags. I also bought some sheets and blankets that came in those zipper plastic box-type bags too. http://www.hardyplants.com/seed_starting_.html
How exciting! This is my first year and am wondering about frost with little babies, so be sure to let us know how they survive a cold snap and what you did, if anything, to protect them.
Tonya
Nothing sprouting here but zone envy. Highs for the next few days in the teens, lows in the single digits.
Karen
Same here - zone envy
I have some sprouts, too! Arugula, snapdragons, and some calendula are up. With temps going into the teens here this week, they may get some time under my salvaged windows that I have leaning next to the house.
Welp, me too. Correnta spinach, just barely sprouting. Hmm. It has been unusually warm, though it still does freeze every night..... Hmm. so far it looks like everything else out there is nicely asleep as it should be, LOL!
Kyla
More sprouts just discovered: White Russian Kale, Walla Walla Onions, CA poppies (2 kinds), something I am not familiar with that I got from the wintersown.org folks, called Lacy Phacelia.......
I shall take the assembled collective wisdom and leap of faith approach that these babies will probably most likely continue to be okay until planting time, out there......... ;-)
I have lots of sprouts, but they seem to be holding up well: agastache rupestris,hollyhocks, cranesbill geranium, basket sweet peas and container sweet peas, allysum, musk mallow, salvia sylvestis, stock and Johnny jump-ups. I have all of them corralled together in boxes that I can close the lid on if there is danger of frost. Probably overprotective, but I don't mind the little extra effort at this point to make sure they survive.
I only have 2 pots sprouting so far . . . crimson clover and malva sylvestris. No tomatoes or morning glories yet.
Oh, I just looked, and now I have cucumbers!!!
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It will be months before I have sprouts . . . anyway, congratulations for what has sprouted so far!
It's usually the end of March before I see WSn sprouts, but I sure enjoy looking at yours!
Thanks for posting!
We had a week of record-breaking temps a few weeks ago, and stuff popped up then:
Antirrhinum braun-blanquetti, perennial snapdragon
Antirrhinum majus, appleblossom snapdragon
Baptisia australis, Blue False Indigo
Clarkia speciosa, Farewell to spring
Digitalis purpurea, Red foxglove
Godetia, Sybil Sherwood'
Malva, ‘Braveheart’
Scabiosa rumellica
Viola, 'Blue Bronze'
I should be seeing more soon. Spring is definitely a few weeks early here. The robins are singing every morning, the Japanese magnolias are in full bloom, and the ornamental plum trees are starting to bloom. Most folks' daffodils are nearly finished!
How wonderful! You are so lucky ^_^
Here are three of the 16 containers that have sprouted for me so far this year...
Tonya
Oo! Both my WS containers with lettuce have sprouted! hee hee All is right with the world. ;-)
