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This was my first year winter sowing, and I'm hooked.
Here's what I sowed (everything germinated except for texas bluebonnet)
-Sunflowers: planted them out in the garden.
-3 varieties of sweet alyssum: planted them out in the garden.
-3 varieties of oriental poppies: planted them out in the garden.
-painted daisies: planted them out in the garden.
-alaska daisies: planted most out in the garden, and transplanted some to pots for poconos.
-crazy daisies: planted most out in the garden, and transplanted some to pots or poconos.
-Lupine "the governor" and "gallery pink": planted out in the garden.
-Larkspur "kaleidoscope mix" and "blue cloud": planted out in the garden.
-blue bedder salvia: planted most out in garden, and some are in pots.
-maiden pinks: planted out in the garden.
-dianthus siberian blues: transferred to cell packs outside.
-matthiola incana: planted out in the garden
-geranium "vision violet" and "vision pink": planted out in the garden.
-foxglove "camelot rose" and "excelsior": planted camelots out in the garden, excelsior was to chia pet like, and decided to pitch.
-verbascum: planted out in the garden.
-cypress vine: planted out in the garden.
-penstemon: transferred to cellpacks outside.
-echinacea "prairy splendor": transferred to cellpacks outside and in garden
-stokes aster: transferred to cellpacks outside.
-columbine "blue barlow" and "coral star": transferred to cellpacks outside.
-snapdragons: transferred to garden
-bells of ireland: transferred to garden
-alchemilla mollis: teeny tiny, had first set of cute true leaves, and then my child dumped it.
-verbena bon.: transferred to garden
-texas blue bonnet: didn't germinate.
-3 varieties of zinnia: transferred to garden
-lobelia: chiapet like - child dumped it.
sempervivum: transferred to cellpacks outside.
campanula carpatica: childe dumped it (and was still very tiny)
astilbe "bella" hosta: transferred to cell packs outside.
delphinium "connecticut yankee" and "blue bird": transferred to cell packs outside.
chaenorrhinum "blue dreams": transferred to cell packs outside.
salvia "vatican white": transferred to cell packs outside.
Okay. This was my first year growing plants from seed. It was so much fun. For most of the plants, I really liked winter sowing. They are doing very well, and look quite healthy in the garden or in their pots. It was nice to be able to grow the plants outside. I did grow quite a few annuals under lights inside, as well, and I really liked this method too (especially for annuals that take a while to flower from seed - petunias, vinca, verbena, impatiens, lobelia). I also tried the deno method for some of the same seeds that I used for wintersowing this spring when it was warm enough to transplant the germinated seeds into cells outside (some lupines and matthiola incana). This works well too, but the wintersown plants are already happily growing in the garden with nice true leaves, while the deno method ones are still too small to transplant. The only thing that I wish I had started inside under lights instead of winter sowing are the snapdragons b/c I'd like them to be blooming soon, and they are still just seedlings at this point. But, for perennials the wintersowing method rules. I just want to thank everyone for their help on here. It's been quite a learning experience.
I washed out all my jugs and they are waiting to be used next winter!
Thanks again!
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