I posted my seed starting sucess on the WS forum last night. This is about the only way that I can start seeds! Indoors doesn't work for me - I just can't get it right!
I have wintersown 53 containers and so far, 16 have sprouts. Here are some pictures:
Amaranthus Marvel
Swiss Chard Bright Lights
I just planted my White mist flower in a little pot, we shall see how it goes.
Thanks to postings I read on this forum, I started some Huisache Daisy seeds (from Debnes) and Cowpen Daisy seeds (from Josephine) in a planter outside last month. This past weekend I noticed that there were several teeny tiny sprouts. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Carla
When I do seedlings this is just about the only way I do them, I love wintersowing and pratice it year in and year out.
This is my first year winter sowing as well and I am loving it. Already have cowpen daisies, hollyhocks, gaillardia, daylilies, and white cleome up. And I've never been able to get cleome to germinate before. I tried some daylily seeds indoors too and they still aren't up, I think I will move them outside this weekend.
I am embarrassed to say have nothing planted yet. I need to get on the ball this weekend, thanks for this thread to encourage me. I have never winter sowed before. Guess that makes me a warm weather gardener? ;-)
Well, Sheila, I'm a warm weather gardener too. But after reading here about winter sowing (which for me simply meant poking a few seeds into the potting soil of a planter), I thought "I could do that!" It took all of 30 seconds to poke a few daisy seeds into the soil and I was done. I left the pot in a spot along the foundation where it doesn't get direct sunlight and forgot about it. I like this type of easy gardening! :-)
Carla
This is how I do all seeds--I've found very few things that can't take cold winter temps (at least the ones we've had in the last 3-4 years). If seeds don't get started by the end of Feb, they simply wait until mid-Oct. =)
debbie
I guess our cold weather isn't what would be considered cold in the north. It drops to freezing a day or two and we figure everything is dead. I think Momma Nature is a bit more resilliant than we give her credit for.
Zone 8b, deep East, TX Sam Rayburn Lake Community
Living on the edge of Lake Rayburn, I have warmer temperatures.
My experience with indoor, seed sowing has proven disappointing because my new seedlings fall victim to "damping off".
I want to learn more about winter sowing.
1) Do you transplant seedlings into bed or leave in pots?
2) Do you cover pot after planting seeds?
3) Do you water seeds or let Mother Nature do the watering?
4) How do you prevent mold growth from occuring in your seed medium?
5) What winter sewing forum are you referring to?
I realize this is a lot of questions so I'll narrow them down to the most important ones:
#2, #4,
Thank you D.G.ers!
1 - transplant
2 - cover ... well partial
3 - both, I make sure they stay moist
4 - use clean soil, I cook mine to make sure
5 - http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/f/coldsow/all/
There is also an article here I wrote - http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/148/
1. depends on species
2. never
3. both
4. I never have that problem--I think no top helps with that--better air circulation
5. none here
=) Debbie
This link should be helpful
http://www.wintersown.org/wseo1/Sixty_Cent_SASE.html
