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Post by OregonRed on Apr 5, 2015 20:37:20 GMT -5
I remember lisaann saying how small they were, wholey cow batman, I had no idea!
How did you do it lisa??
I also planted some schlanth............ love those little guys... I plant this all in with the already planted: forget-me-nots, poppy from the bulk bins, schanth is in the middle and lobelia on the edges for drape in a: 6" by 30" pot 
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Post by desertwoman on Apr 5, 2015 23:45:46 GMT -5
You want to plant a "pinch" of seed. Don't try to separate them.
They will grow into a clump of seedlings that you keep as a clump.
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Post by tbird on Apr 6, 2015 8:37:53 GMT -5
I was seeding flowers yesterday too!
I did a tray of calendula (which I left outside as it didn't need frost protection - the rest came into the enclosed porch), 3 trays and 2 containers with alyssum, one tray of asters.
I also had 2 garden spots where I sprinkled some cosmos seeds. Those also didn't need frost protection.
As with everything else - I wanted to do so much more! I did buy a pack or two of lobelia recently - but ran out of prepped trays and time, lol!
I did previously do a tray of pinks, which will be perennial for me.
Still want to do up some zinnias, and lobelias.
I have some coneflowers, but might do those direct seeding later. They'll come back next year, so no need to get all early on them.
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Post by OregonRed on Apr 6, 2015 10:43:11 GMT -5
DW: what I ended up doing is pouring some in my palm, and pouring along a shallow trench... we'll see...
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Post by claude on Apr 6, 2015 20:46:22 GMT -5
Oh but they are so worth the extra effort to plant!
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Post by OregonRed on Apr 6, 2015 21:38:29 GMT -5
yes, I really like them in pots
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Post by desertwoman on Apr 6, 2015 21:47:12 GMT -5
Mine are usually root bound by the time I plant them.
There are so many little plantlets crammed into a cell, because of all those tiny seeds.
I score through the roots on all four sides and scratch the bottom (sort of mess up the roots), so that they will root well in the pots or garden soil.
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Post by lilolpeapicker on Apr 7, 2015 6:07:52 GMT -5
Lobelia is so fine it is just like dust. This is my first year I am trying it. DW, good to know as I would thin them by cutting them down to one or two.
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Post by tbird on Apr 7, 2015 6:52:55 GMT -5
what I ended up doing is pouring some in my palm, and pouring along a shallow trench... we'll see... are you direct seeding into the garden? not in pot/flats? |
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Post by claude on Apr 7, 2015 8:41:03 GMT -5
I started with a scant tsp sugar mixed into the pkt and then I was able to thinly plant rows. It was amazing how far they went w the sugar added.
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Post by OregonRed on Apr 7, 2015 11:34:38 GMT -5
i'll remember that claude, thank you.
Tbird, they are in a pot with 3 other flowers outside the kitchen window: forget-me-nots, shanthus(sp?)poppy from the bulk bins, and the lobelia. I posted a pic at the top of this thread of the flowers. they're in a 6" by 30" pot.
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