got to love the 4 o'clocks for instant gratification
baby pictures
strawflowers
snapdragons
yum can taste them already
Oh, my gosh! My mom always grew 4 o'Clocks! I'd go out in the afternoons and collect the ripened seeds for her to grow the next season. This is a real blast from my past!
foxglove pam's choice ... before I thin them out tonight and kill most of them
:)
same with the Coreopsis tinctoria
For me it's my Salvia Splendens Salsa Rose, it really has taken off along with the 4 O'Clocks and Yellow Bells too!
BTW Allison, those look wonderful! I know what you mean about transplanting them....I always loose a few!
Looks like you are having some good results there. Lots of babies to take care of now.
Allison, as you well know, it's no great loss to thin out the Coreopsis tinctoria - unless you're planning on growing a jungle!
Nice Allison. You must be a proud mommy!
how long does it take for 4'oclocks to germinate? I have not started any, and I have about 6 packages of seeds...
lovely babies!!!!
Kassia
Initial Comments:
started seed 2/27/08
germ 3/4/08
Pixie I still have not gained the gentleness needed to transplant ... it's like my spaz comes out every time.. try and be gentle and drop the poor things 3 feet to the floor... don't get it
I will be lucky if half those trays make it
:)
They look great Alison! Can't wait to see them in your garden.
Allison, if you don't drop them and get them in the pot, let go of the top part and they fold in half...basically snapped! Yup, been there done that. Now I try to leave them in groups of 2-5 until they get really big and strong...so far so good. But if I have a 100 little devils of one kind, I get the 'oh well' attitude!
that is exactly where i am ...have too many some may die... oh well... i usually take half out and what doesn't make it i grab more out of the small container and fill the dead one up again
but the worst is when you have the little one in there... go to water it and it just gets sucked under the soil... oops guess i didn't pack that one good enough
:)
if you notice i keep taking breaks between .... playing with those tiny things too long makes me nuts
oh good I am going to start mine... still time for them!!!!
Allison ~ do you have notes on your plantings in your Journal or Blog?
yes on most Candyce.... the ones with more than one entry have notes on start and germination date... some I forgot to add the note they only have one entry
http://davesgarden.com/community/journals/sj/onewish1/0/
I took a peek.
Great work!
thanks... can add this to my what have I bought this year.. me, my mom and my bf's mom split these from north carolina farms
COLSA 100 COLEUS SUN SERIES ASSORTED 42.00
PETA 100 PETUNIA TRAILING ASSORTED 44.00
SN 100 SNAPDRAGON TRAILING ASSORTED 50.00
COLU 100 Z-URC COLEUS TRAILING ASSORTED 8.00
IPATU 100 Z-URC IPOMOEA ASSORTED TIP 16.00
LOBWU 100 Z-URC LOBELIA TRAILING COMPACT WHITE 14.00
JAU 100 Z-URC WANDERING JEW ASSORTED 7.00
photos of my grueling day... I actually gave up towards the end and threw the coleus cuttings in a pan of soil moist beads... too pooped to care
http://picasaweb.google.com/AllisonNJ71/FlowerShipment
EDIT - Pixie I am sure you will appreciate my last photo in the album
This message was edited Mar 26, 2008 9:40 PM
Nice looking plants. We won't see anything like that until April or May and if we do see them early, the stores don't take care of them.
If I can get a 1/4 of the cuttings to live I will be happy
I used to buy or grow so many things early to be ready for planting season and to have exactly what I wanted ready to go. What always happens is the weather doesn't listen to me, and stays too cold /wet and I have to constantly be shuttling the poor things in and out! If they aren't stressed by planting time, I certainly am!
Great job Allison!! You really had alot to plant and root and a few broken ones wouldn't of mattered!! So, how long did it take ya? LOL
on and off about 6 hours... stopped for dinner and a lot of breaks... my back is still killing me from leaning over the table
Wow what a lot of work. Looks like you did a great job. Its gonna look really nice. Big pat on the back for you. ☺
Yes, you're ready for a plant sale!
don't pat myself on the back until I see what grows
and
oooohhhh money
:)
I sold my extra tomato seedlings (in 4 inch pots) for $1 each at a yard sale last year. They were almost a foot tall by then and needing new homes. I did better than the rest at the sale and I've had folks asking if I'll be selling them again this year..
Maybe.... they're definitely worth more than $1 though!
you have to up your price... now that you got them hooked
Did somebody say 'plant sale'????
LOL.... come on over got lots of stuff
:)
On the way!
Yay! Plants! Sale! Is there anything better?
Maybe chocolate?
I have some easter chocolate too!
Oh, yeah - chocolate.... and champagne.... mmmmmmm!