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I have been wanting to winter sow for years. In the past my only winter gardening has been pulling my dormant Geraniums out of the crawl space in the end of February, potting them up, and leaving them in front of a sunny south window. But, finally I am in a position to start winter sowing seeds. I'm nervous! I just bought my first batch of seeds (normally my illness doesn't kick in until January but I started early this year!) I wasn't planning on starting the seeds until January, after the craziness of the holidays is over. I am sure I will have lots of questions. But my main question is if the directions say to soak the seeds do I ignore that for winter sowing? The lure of winter sowing for me is not to have to mess with any special instructions (soaking, scoring, wet papertowels in the fridge, etc), and of course not having seed trays and lights take up space in my house.
Here is what I was hoping to winter sow
Agastache Astello Indigo
Agastache Raspberry Daiquiri
Agastache Apache Sunset
Agastache Sangria
Agastache bolero
Armeria Formosa Hybrids
Astilbe
Hakone Double White
Monarda Bergamo
Delphinium Magic fountains
Dianthus Chabaud Orange
Dianthus Arctic Fire
English Daisy
Helenium Helena Red
Hollyhock Fruity Mix
Penstemon Sunburst Ruby
Penstemon Tubular Bells
Jupiter's Beard
If anyone has any specific advice on any of these or general caution against winter sowing any of these information is greatly appreciated! I am only going to plant some of the seeds so I have backup.
Thanks
Jennifer
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