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I was pretty amazed yesterday when I went outside and realized that I had some datura seedlings up about 1 1/2 inches in a couple of surprise situations.
The first one I had done in February, I planted some seeds and when they didn't come up I put them outside with the rest of the winter sowing bottles not knowing that they were not supposed to be that cold.
The second one was some I started a long time ago and they had started to come up and then I thought had gotten killed in the weather last month that was so terrible.
Yesterday when I was out looking at the seedlings I realized that 4 new daturas had popped up in the seedling tray that I had been thinking I needed to give up on.
It made me wonder about the winter sowing bottle so I decided to dig it out of the pile of (stuff that didn't grow) and look at it! Sure enough there were 4 little daturas popping through the ground after being abused for the last month and left to their own devices.
I know that the ones that were winter sown went through a lot of freezing temps so I am absolutely amazed at how hardy they are.
I also found about 10 other bottles and trays of things that I had thought were lost because of weather and several of those have new sprouts coming through! (I had a large hole where I had dug out some good dirt so I could fill it in with some trash dirt for the new above ground bed, and I had used it as a storage spot for all of the things that I thought were dead until I was ready to empty the containers and wash them)
The most amazing thing to me is that they are all things that I would have that would not with stand the weather.
Clitorea
Morning Glories
4 O'clocks
Daturas
and a Thunbergia vine
I am really amazed by this and decided I wanted to share the info, and find out if anybody else has had similar experiences!!!
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