Gardenia Growing Fools - THE Tahitians...

Well, here's a report on my 20 seeds. I've gotten 12 to sprout and I just now moved them from the heat mat and cover. I've moved them over to where they still have the lights because they are tiny and only have the original set of leaves. The other 8 are still on the heat mat. Does anyone know how much moisture the ones out from the heat mat need? I'm really hoping I can get these to grow enough to transplant them into larger containers. Right now they are in the peat pots. Thanks for any info. Betty

I should be getting a heat mat in the mail soon, so I've saved a few seeds and then that's it....

When in doubt I always resort to using a mister bottle on a regular basis..that way I'm not giving a baby "too much" - yet enough so they don't dry out. Sadly, I have no seedlings to report...but I'm thinking with the warmer temps now that maybe...just maybe some babies will be popping up for me in the next few weeks.

*Sigh* I've lost my seeds again... Guess that means it is time to clean off the kitchen counter. LOL If I find them, I'll sow them today. ^_^

"If you sow them...they will grow" - Fields of Flowers
Ok..corny, I know....it's not even noon yet though...LOL

So, you mean if I lose them on the counter they won't magically grow so I can find them??? ;o)

ahhh that it would be that easy....mercy if that were the case....I'd be SOOO in trouble...seeing that I find packets of seeds I've set aside in the oddest of places. If the tribe (kids) think it looks like a jungle now...can you imagine? LOL:
"AP: Plant hoarder in northern VA found immobile amongst what appeared to be vines of tropical nature. Although authorities would not comment on specifics they stated an unknown number of plants were found on the premises and confiscated....apparently seeds left unattended were the cause of this interior jungle."

your No VA authorities would call them weeds and fine you, right?

Well I just got a sprout three days ago, and another the following day, and a digging by a chipmunk the next day (my pot is out now that its warm). thank heavens both babies were OK.!
Also four of the five job's tears- they love water

Are we still here? I now have nine miracle babies, in my pot outside, inside an onion bag, in the heat and rain. Tiny but alive.
And zero camera, waahhh, sniffle.

Here are my five little miracle babies, there is a sixth one that I will show also. They are on the top shelf of the plant stand.

Amazing....you are THE women!!!

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here is the last little sprout. They are all so TINY and they seem to grow very slowly. But they are healthy and shiny, so I will let them be for awhile.

I don't think they are ready for bigger pots just yet.

9kittymom- yes mine are tiny like that too! Yours are a bit more developed. It'll take awhile for new pots at this rate!

My plants are up to several inches high now.....yes they do have a lovely healthy shine look to them. I had transferred the seedlings to styrofoam cups but after they were about 3 inches high I put them in 6" pots. Now they seem to be growing really fast so they may be slow at first but speed up. Now are several inches high after a month in their new pots. Aloha

So cool stella - how exciting11

where do I go if I have been a horrible, horrible seed mom and not sowed yet?

I guess I should try now, if yo guys were using heat mats, then seems like hot summer, protected by shade, should be good.

three inches!!! must like the climate. vossner, yup, even tho I planted all twenty way long ago, it was recently while outside and getting natural sun warm and rain, that a few more sprouted and caught up.

well, my guilt catapulted me into action so I sowed them yesterday. I used pearlite/vermiculite in equal parts for sowing medium. I also sowed some lilum regale seeds.

Haven't been on here in ages. I sowed mine on May 16 and I have 8 little babies with 3-4 sets of leaves each. Have not put them outside. They are under florescent grow lights and I just took the cover off of them a couple of days ago. Pretty slow growers but they look healthy!

Nery - lilum regales are on my want list to order and plant this fall....I've heard such great things about their fragrance.

good afternoon gammy. I have some that I got from a coop (neal's lily coop?) and they are FABULOUS. A nice DGer gave me L. Regale seeds as a bonus and I planted them since I was doing the gardenias. I think they are easy to germinate.