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| This is the second thread in the official Winter Sowing Container Count (affectionately known as Zone Wars).
The count runs from December 22, 2011 - May 1, 2012. Everyone is welcome to participate! To participate you simply post on this thread the number of containers you have wintersown. You can post daily, weekly, etc. Each time you post, please include your total count so far. For example:
How To Count Containers:
How to List your Zone:
If your member page does not list a zone, you must include the zone in your post. For example: If your member pages lists you on the border of 2 zones (such as 7b/8a) you need to decide which team to join for Zone Wars, and include it in your post. Or you can revise your member page and put 7b from now until May 1. Then after May 1 change it back to 7b/8a. 
Everyone who is winter sowing is encouraged to participate.
Chatting, support, suggestions, and friendly rivalry are encouraged.
Every container counts so join the fun!! ~Happy Sowing~ |
Follow-Up Postings:
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| Please add 7 for Zone 8. My total is now 33. Thanks. |
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| 19 more for zone 6 my total 213 Looks like we are getting smacked by zone 5 & 6, no problem it's the process and all in fun I doubt I ever do this many containers again. I will probably end at about 300-400 because I haven't even gotten all my perennials in that need stratified, almost though. |
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| Please add 10 containers for zone 7. my total as of today 82 |
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| Hi Everyone! Over the past week, I have done 96 more WSed containers, for a total of 100! I'm done for January, need to find more jugs! My kitchen/dining room really needs cleaned up! Shirley! |
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| 39 containers for Z5 pixie_lou 232 containers total |
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| I'm 5 containers for zone 7 for a total of 5 containers. I need to get more jugs fast! |
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- Posted by bookjunky4life 5 Central IL (My Page) on Mon, Jan 16, 12 at 9:28
| Please add 10 more jugs for Zone 5. Running total is 110. Only 72 more jugs left. |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 4 . . . . . . . . . . 78 Total Containers: 2,299 Good morning, winter sowers. Welcome new counters Mindyw3 and Saponaria. Congrats on your first containers of the season! Zone 5 has surged ahead and cemented a solid lead, but it's early in this race. Keep sowing, everybody! PS Does anybody prefer the summary aligned left or centered? Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail. "No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden"...Thomas Jefferson |
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| Hi Bookjunky, you posted right before me, and your containers weren't counted in today's total. So this is a note to remind myself not to forget your containers. :) |
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- Posted by clc70 8 Wa. (carterconnie@ymail.com) on Mon, Jan 16, 12 at 10:08
| This is my first posting. Count me in for 208 milk jugs for zone 8. |
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- Posted by roper2008 virginia 7a-8 (lroper99@yahoo.com) on Mon, Jan 16, 12 at 16:06
| 9 more for zone 7. 30 total for me. |
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| i sowed 26 more today for a total of 51 |
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| Terrine, I insist that the container count summary be presented in a diagonal array starting at the far right. It must be double spaced with varying font size and style which must be changed every week. I would prefer colors in earth tones and the numbers should be 3 font sizes larger than the letters. If you are unable to meet these requirements, then I simply cannot see how I can continue to be a part of this project. This is a joke. For any who missed it, Terrine asked if anyone prefers the summary centered or aligned to the left. I couldn't care less. Terrine, please do what ever is easiest for you. I'm just grateful to have someone willing to keep track for us. We're spoiled that she checks in every day. Happy sowing. Martha |
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| Good morning, I was able to do 25 more containers before the water went out. Today, hopefully I will have running water again and be able to do a few more; running out of January seeds to do, so might take a break and clean the house and do all that needs to be done prior to February's list!! Terrene, I like it centered personally - the way you have been posting. It makes it easier to find when the page gets long; but whatever is easiest works for me too!!! Total: 197 (Zone 7) |
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| hello I didnt winter sow last year due to our move, but I'm jumping back in with both feet. I dont have my seeds in yet but most of my jugs are filled with soil and ready to go. I will be cutting some blinds into plant markers today and post my jug count as I seed them. great page thanks michelle |
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- Posted by beatrice_outdoors 6a MA (My Page) on Tue, Jan 17, 12 at 9:10
| Add 7 more to my original count of 65-my total now is 72, zone 6. Beatrice |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 4 . . . . . . . . . . 78 Total Containers: 2,551 Good morning, winter sowers. Welcome new sowers Clc70 and Micyrey! Clc70, you sure have boosted zone 8 in a big way and your fellow zone comrades are no doubt happy about that! Docmom, you had me giggling! I think I'm going to keep the Zone Summary centered. It looks nice and when I checked the thread on my son's iPhone, the centered text is a little easier to view (taking into consideration all the winter sowers out there with smart phones, LOL.) Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail.   |
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| 12 containers for Z5 pixie_lou 244 containers total |
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- Posted by NancyPlants 5bKansas (My Page) on Tue, Jan 17, 12 at 16:26
| docmom, you're a hoot! Thanks for the laugh :) |
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| 25 more containers for me total of 76. Let's go zone 6 :) |
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| Whoa, zone 6, what's up? Where is everybody? Okay, okay, I know I shouldn't be talking, as I haven't sown a single container yet, lol, but I usually don't until February, and we're usually doing better than this! Gee, I was going to scale back this year but I may just have to do my part and sow even more! ;) |
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| I know Dee we are going to have to recruit some peeps |
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- Posted by beatrice_outdoors 6a MA (My Page) on Wed, Jan 18, 12 at 6:37
| Dee and Maddox-maybe we should change the count to unsprouted containers? Then zone 6 would probably be WAY ahead of zone 7! Friendly rivalry aside, I do hope all the spouted babies in Z7 are OK and make it through. I still have my sowing in 4" pots to do for giveaways, so I'll be adding more soon enough, but I still can't compete with numbers in the hundreds. I just don't have the space to put them all. Maybe next year I'll do all cups or small pots instead of flats, so I'll get 5 cups for every 1 flat I did this year. ;) |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 4 . . . . . . . . . . 78 Total Containers: 2,588 Morning, winter sowers. Not much happening this morning. Don't panic zone 6'ers, there's still plenty of time for catching up! Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail. |
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- Posted by bookjunky4life 5 Central IL (My Page) on Wed, Jan 18, 12 at 9:58
| Please add 15 more containers for Zone 5. Running total is 125. |
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| Add one more container for me for Zone 6. My total is now 26. Brad AKA Moonwolf |
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| 34 containers for Z5 pixie_lou 278 containers total |
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| i am doing kroger band of solo cups this year the clear ones they have, very inexpensive. my husband took drill bit and put about 10 or 15 together and drilled holes in bottom and it works perfect...take a sandwich bag and put over the top, tuck corners and put rubber band around and poke holes in top works perfect. and to boot the names i put on piece of tape and put one inside and one out and the ziplog bags covers this for protection. i'm really liking this but if your gonna plant alot of one plant you would have to plant more than one cup. setting them in milk crates and my husband built a wood square out of 2x4's for me so that they wont blow away. also using one of those long plastic boxes you can get at walmart drilled holes in it for drainage and sticking cups tightly in them as well so they dont blow away. |
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| also thinking this will be easier to remove the plants just cut along side of cup with scissors and wahlah. |
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| Monday was a holiday & since the weather was so nice I played in the dirt (what's with 70* weather in January? after last year tho, I'll take it!) Zone 6, total of 50 containers |
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| Woohoo! Got my water back on, and have been busy... Did another 49 containers!!! Let's go Zone 7! Total: 246 Oh, and btw - you Solo cup girls, I heard a song the other day, Solo cups are for drinking beer. hahahaha.... (For my annuals in late Feb and March I use the styrofoam cups - lots of leftovers from fast-food and you can get 40-60 of them at the $1 store) :) |
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- Posted by fixerupperinnh 5 (My Page) on Wed, Jan 18, 12 at 19:16
| 6 more for me, a total of 15 so far. Whoo, Zone 5! Hey, it actually looks and feels like winter now. Ick and yay at the same time. And the WSer's were nestled, snug in their beds |
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| my version of that song is as follows: red solo cup that is the way it is in real life, not even worth the trouble to drink beer in it, so i do the two next best things...drink diet mt. dew in it and plant seeds in the rest lol |
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- Posted by jodie74 6 (crandalljodie@att.net) on Wed, Jan 18, 12 at 21:48
| I've had the most wonderful, relaxing couple of days WINTER SOWING!!!!! It brings tears to my eyes just thinking about how happy I am to NOT BE MOVING and seeing my babies that I ws'd last year grow bigger this spring/summer!!!!!!!!! Getting a late start but I'm a force to reckoned with! COME ON ZONE 6!!!! :P I'm just getting warmed up but I've got 217 containers to add to zone 6! |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 4 . . . . . . . . . . 78 Total Containers: 2,965 Good morning, winter sowers. Welcome to zone 6, jodie74! I'm sure your zone comrades are thrilled to have your containers added to the count! Zone 6 and 7 are neck and neck and we're very close to breaking 3,000. Go sowers! Ldsluder, Solo cups are for beer! Haha! Ymaddox, I do all my spring sowing in cups, and no need to cut the cups - seedlings come out easily and these cups are easy to re-use. Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail. "It's a sign of wisdom that seeds don't squander their energy all at once, instead calmly waiting until the time is right."...Midas Dekkers |
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| 53 containers for Z5 pixie_lou 331 containers total |
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| So far, I have 68 containers WS'ed in Zone 5 for you to add to the counts. I will have more to add in the next few weeks! |
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| I sowed 16 more today for a total of 32 in zone 7. |
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| 30 containers for Z5 pixie_lou 261 containers total Yay - I'm done with my perennials. I sowed 33 different varieties. The most containers of any one variety was 24 containers of Lupine Russels Prize Mix. Now I get to take a month or 2 off until I sow my annuals and tomatoes. |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 4 . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Total Containers: 3,118 Good morning, winter sowers. Welcome new counters, Lily55rjw and Geekdean. Keep those containers coming, everybody! Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail. Dear counters: please check the spreadsheet periodically to make sure your total is correct.
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- Posted by slackermom Zone 6 Ohio (My Page) on Fri, Jan 20, 12 at 11:19
| Please add 62 containers for zone 6. Thanks, Karen. |
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| Add five more for me here in Zone 6. My total is now 31! :) I'm finally glad we have some snow and it hasn't melted completely! Brad AKA Moonwolf |
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| Terrene - I think you may have missed my post from this morning. I added 30 containers for a total of 361. |
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- Posted by ricjo22 5 (hughri1@aol.com) on Sat, Jan 21, 12 at 0:28
| Hi add 10 more containers sowed to zone 5 for me. I am starting to go back and do seconds now. Guess I need to trade for some new seeds. Ric |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 4 . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Total Containers: 3,225 Good morning, winter sowers. Welcome to the count, slackermom! Pixie-lou I did miss your containers, thanks for the reminder. Sometimes I forget to refresh the page before posting and someone will post while I'm working on the daily count. Ricjo, I added 10 to your total, however it's best to include your total in the post if you can. Please check the spreadsheet periodically to make sure your total is correct. Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail.  |
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- Posted by doubleAmom 5 (My Page) on Sat, Jan 21, 12 at 12:24
| I did my first 8 containers today. So please add 8 to zone 5. Katrina |
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| Please add 18 containers to zone 7. (It's my first time winter sowing--crossing my fingers!) Deanna |
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- Posted by bookjunky4life 5 Central IL (My Page) on Sat, Jan 21, 12 at 15:07
| Please add 25 more for zone 5, running total is 150. I had plans of hitting the recycle bins today but our roads are iced over. |
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| I've done 19 so far (this is my first post) and I am in zone 6. |
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- Posted by ladyrose65 6bNJ (My Page) on Sat, Jan 21, 12 at 16:48
| This is fierce!!! Zone 5 is Up There! This seems like way more than last year! |
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- Posted by sandysoil_2008 6 MA (My Page) on Sat, Jan 21, 12 at 18:36
| Sowed another 11 containers for Zone 6 today for a total of 46 |
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- Posted by jodie74 6 (crandalljodie@att.net) on Sat, Jan 21, 12 at 22:01
| Even though we didn't get the 8" of snow they were calling for, I declared yesterday and today a snow day/winter sow day! Even got my girls to help. :) Please add 143 to my count for a total of 360..... I finished up letter "H" so I'm making pretty good progress. Yes, I am an organizational freak and I winter sow alphabetically. LOL |
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- Posted by NancyPlants 5bKansas (My Page) on Sat, Jan 21, 12 at 22:14
| Jodie, I ws alphabetically too :) |
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- Posted by river_crossroads 8b Central Louisiana (My Page) on Sat, Jan 21, 12 at 23:15
| 2 containers for me for zone 8, total of 2. Terrene, thanks for all your great work this year. I love the quotes, very inspiring! And thanks to NancyPlants, too, good job! |
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| Newbie reporting for duty. I sowed my first 14 WS yesterday for zone 5, for a total of 14. (doing more today. Feel like a kid in the candy store. Addiction sets in so fast!!) |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 4 . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Total Containers: 3,465 Good morning, winter sowers. Welcome lots of new counters this morning: doubleAmom, dsb22, msmashy, river_crossroads, and emcd124! Zone 6 has surged ahead of zone 7, and is catching up closer to zone 5! River, thank YOU for your wonderful spreadsheet, however you are going to have to do a lot better than 2 containers to help zone 8! Heehee Jodie you are at 360 containers and you've only finished "H"!! Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail. "Of all the wonderful things in the wonderful universe of God, nothing seems to me more surprising than the planting of a seed in the blank earth and the result thereof. Take that Poppy seed, for instance: it lies in your palm, the merest atom of matter, hardly visible, a speck, a pin's point in bulk, but within it is imprisoned a spirit of beauty ineffable, which will break its bonds and emerge from the dark ground and blossom in a splendor so dazzling as to baffle all powers of description."...Celia Thaxter |
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| Hello again everyone. Haven't been on the forum for quite some time but happy to report my first 15 containers for zone 5. Happy sowing everyone. Adamark |
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- Posted by doubleAmom 5 (My Page) on Sun, Jan 22, 12 at 12:28
| I did 4 more containers for zone 5. My total is now 12. Slowly but surely! lol |
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| Add 5 for me! For a total of 7. Zone 5! Curious how much those of you with 100s of containers spend on seed starting and porting mix.... |
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| Add another 2 to make a total of 9 in zone 5. |
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- Posted by Vicki_sew-n-sow 6KS (My Page) on Sun, Jan 22, 12 at 17:39
| Add another 30 jugs for zone 6, total of 63. I had to water my first 33 jugs, no precip since I put them out and temps to nice, going to be in the 60's later in the week. |
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| Please add 5 for Zone 8 which brings my total to 38. Thanks, Barb |
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- Posted by UpstateNYLisa 4 -FootoftheAdironda (My Page) on Sun, Jan 22, 12 at 18:50
| After much wintersowing this weekend, my total container count is 37! Yipee kay yi yay! This is the first year I'm trying the wintersow method. Here's hoping... |
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| I sowed 15 more today for Zone 7 for a total of 20 containers! |
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- Posted by ricjo22 5 (hughri1@aol.com) on Mon, Jan 23, 12 at 1:51
| Hi I just checked my total count in the spread sheet and i'm down for 38. My actual count is 50 so please help me catch up by adding 12 to my total. Dont know how I messed it up but more to come thanks Ric |
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| hello I'm getting a late start... I winter sow by plants but not by letter, yesterday I did all the coneflowers, bee balm, and some odds and ends. I sowed 28 for zone 5 for a total of 28. thanks I need to prep some more jugs. michelle |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 4 . . . . . . . . . . 115 Total Containers:Â Â 3,618 Good morning, winter sowers. Welcome new counters, Adamark, UpstateNYLisa, and Micyrey! Nice to see some movement in zone 4. Don't worry about feeling "late" Micyrey. Those of us in the colder zones have plenty of winter left. :) Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail.  |
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- Posted by gardenunusual 5a (My Page) on Mon, Jan 23, 12 at 11:07
| 9 containers zone 5 I'm a little slow this year :) |
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| Please add 81 containers to zone 4, my total is 81. Thanx! |
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| Please add 23 for Zone 8. My total is now 61. Thank you, Barb |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 4 . . . . . . . . . . 196 Total Containers: 3,731 Good morning, winter sowers. Welcome to the count, Beachgrub! Nice to see some more action in zone 4. Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail. "Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed."...Walt Whitman |
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| Add three more for me here in Zone 6. My total is now 34! :) Brad AKA Moonwolf |
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| I have a dozen bottles out in zone 7 since Xmas, but I'm not done yet. Count me in for 12 until further notice. |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 4 . . . . . . . . . . 196 Total Containers: 3,746 Welcome to zone 7 Faunus! Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail. |
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- Posted by christie_sw_mo Z6 (My Page) on Wed, Jan 25, 12 at 10:37
| This is my first time to report and I have a grand total of 18 for zone 6. Perhaps we should have a backwards count in the spring when we have to start planting them all. lol |
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| So??? The USDA put out a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map today (http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/) - just wondering if this puts anybody in a new Zone? If it adds more to Zone 7 then I think we should use the latest and greatest - if not; then we should probably go with what we have already been posting as (teehee). Did anybody get a new zone? I'm still zone 7b. |
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| I like the new map! Thanks for posting that, Ldsluder. I think people who have already posted their containers should probably stick with the zone they're using, since the count has already started. However, if someone hasn't yet posted any containers, they could adjust their zone if they want. Whatever people think is best! The new map definitely puts me smack in the middle of zone 6a, but I always knew my town was close to the borderline of 5/6. No doubt the center of town, where it is more densely settled and there is a "heat island" affect, is zone 6a. I live on the outskirts of town, across from farmland and exposed to strong northwest and southwest winds. My front garden is definitely 5b. Here's a clickable link to the new map. |
Here is a link that might be useful: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
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- Posted by NancyPlants 5bKansas (My Page) on Wed, Jan 25, 12 at 20:05
| I'm with you terrene, according to the new map I was moved from 5b to 6a. Until I do some more research, I'm gonna stay with 5b :) |
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| 10 more for zone 5 for a total of 42. Rhonda |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 4 . . . . . . . . . . 196 Total Containers: 3,774 Morning everybody. Been a little slow the past couple days. Anybody out there sowing? Welcome to the count, Christie_sw_mo! Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail. "If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change."...Buddha |
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| RIGHT ON ZONE 6 The last time I was here we were getting are butts whooped. I have 19 more containers to add to my 213 which brings me to a total of 232. I will start sowing again in about a week. Keep up the outstanding work zone 6, |
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- Posted by fixerupperinnh 5 (My Page) on Thu, Jan 26, 12 at 20:38
| 11 more for me, with a total of 26. Go zone 5! When I went to put the containers out today, there were Johnny Jump Ups blooming out there...and now it's snowing again. Poor confused babies! |
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- Posted by bookjunky4life 5 Central IL (My Page) on Thu, Jan 26, 12 at 22:32
| Please add 25 more for zone 5. My running total is 175. And I'm the majority of the way through my perennials. |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 4 . . . . . . . . . . 196 Total Containers: 3,829 Keep up the good work winter-sowers! Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail. 
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- Posted by fixerupperinnh 5 (My Page) on Fri, Jan 27, 12 at 15:07
| 4 more for me today, which gives me a total of 30. Z5. I got called into work tonight, which means I have to sleep instead of sow for the rest of today. The only good thing is that work is a great place to get my containers. |
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| Please add 16 for Zone 8. My total is now 77, and I'm almost finished with the hardy perennials. Whew! |
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| Added 3 more today!!! |
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| I just got another dozen bottles out, which brings my total to 24 & will hold at 24 until March 1st. Oh and in case you didn't already know it, you are ALL a bunch of addicts/seed-hoarders, but then again, so am I. /me go do a happy dance now for my first two prairie dropseed sprouts. Hope it's the first two of MANY! |
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| Add eight more for me here in Zone 6. My total is now 42! :) Brad AKA Moonwolf |
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- Posted by doubleAmom 5 (My Page) on Sat, Jan 28, 12 at 10:01
| Please add 7 more containers for zone 5. My total is now 19 |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 4 . . . . . . . . . . 199 Total Containers: 3,879 Good morning, winter sowers. We'll break 4,000 containers soon! FYI, in the future if we have a really slow day with few posters reporting their containers, I am planning to wait and post the count until there is a bigger change in the total # of containers (2 or 3 days perhaps). Unless people really like having a daily tally despite little change, I can continue daily! Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail. "The mere fact that you get a lot of seeds in a packet doesn't mean you have to plant all of them."...Henry Mitchell |
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| 18 more for me in zone 6 for a total of 37. |
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- Posted by jodie74 6 (crandalljodie@att.net) on Sat, Jan 28, 12 at 17:38
| Please add 145 to my count for a total of 505..... |
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- Posted by farmergirl2009 5 (My Page) on Sat, Jan 28, 12 at 18:18
| I winter sowed 41 milk jugs today for a total of 176. I am out of gallon containers so will have to call Starbucks and see if they can save me more. It was cold today. Ellie |
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- Posted by ladyrose65 6bNJ (My Page) on Sat, Jan 28, 12 at 18:20
| Add 11 for me making a total of 73 for Zone 6. |
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| Please add 9 for Zone 8. My total is now 86. Thanks |
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| I think I only originally posted my first 79 - since then, I have sown 175 more for a total of 254, for zone 7. |
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- Posted by daisydawnny 5 (My Page) on Sun, Jan 29, 12 at 10:09
| 15 more for zone 5...bringing my total to 43. |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 4 . . . . . . . . . . 199 Total Containers: 4,293 Good morning, winter sowers. Wow, gotta little action going - we've blasted past 4,000 and zone 6 has nearly caught up to zone 5! Zone 7 has broken 1,000 too. Jodie74, what letter are you up to now? Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail. |
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| Add to zone 7: 22 containers sowed today |
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| Pls add 38 containers for a total of 53 to zone 5 Thank you |
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| 44 for a total of 44 for zone 7 |
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| A little sowing therapy. 3 more containers for a total of 39. Keep up the good work zone 5. Martha |
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| Please add 8 for Zone 8. My total is now 94. Thanks. |
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| 5 more for Zone 7 (my total is 23). |
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- Posted by slackermom Zone 6 Ohio (My Page) on Sun, Jan 29, 12 at 20:49
| Please, add 15 more for zone 6, for a total of 77. Thanks, Karen. |
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| Zone 7 is making a play! Watch your backs there 5 & 6! I've just started today but there is more to come. Please add 31 to Zone 7. I do not sow in alpha order, but I do "place" in alpha order outside, so I can find plants later! I have a A-E shelving unit, a F-K sheving unit, etc with the jugs grouped by letter on a shelf. I add my annuals right into the system later. Nancy |
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- Posted by sandysgardens 4MN (My Page) on Mon, Jan 30, 12 at 7:51
| I've finally started ws. Please add 60 jugs to ZONE 4 More to follow. |
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- Posted by beatrice_outdoors 6a MA (My Page) on Mon, Jan 30, 12 at 9:43
| I did my sunflowers plus a few others yesterday. Again, winter sowing without a coat, just a sweater. Please add 301 to zone 6. My total is now 373. Beatrice |
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- Posted by beatrice_outdoors 6a MA (My Page) on Mon, Jan 30, 12 at 10:03
| And I only stopped because I ran out of potting soil... :) |
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- Posted by clc70 8 Wa. (carterconnie@ymail.com) on Mon, Jan 30, 12 at 10:13
| 44 more for a total of 252 in zone 8 |
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| A little sowing therapy. 3 more containers for a total of 39. Keep up the good work zone 5. Martha |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 4 . . . . . . . . . 259 Total Containers: 4,864 Good morning (almost afternoon), winter sowers. WOW, lots of sowing going on this weekend and zone 6 has surged ahead and taken a commanding lead!! Welcome to the count KSimS, nan-6161, and Sandysgarden. Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail. "There are many tired gardeners but I've seldom met old gardeners. I know many elderly gardeners but the majority are young at heart. Gardening simply does not allow one to be mentally old, because too many hopes and dreams are yet to be realized. The one absolute of gardeners is faith. Regardless of how bad past gardens have been, every gardener believes that next year's will be better."...Allan Armitage |
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| Please add 6 more to Zone 7...my new total is 120! The weather has been beautiful for working in the yard. DH brought in 2 pickup loads of soil for the new flowerbeds we are building. The WS'd babies are going to love their new homes! |
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| Hi, Finally getting started. 25 total for me (zone 6) so far this year. -weebay |
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| 59 containers sowed for zone 8 |
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| Oh boy this is scary for me. I don't see anyone from zone 9. Please add 12 from my side. This is my first yr. |
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| I added 7 more today which brings me to 14 I believe. Zone 5! |
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| Another sunny day, I got 4 more containers done. Total 124. Go zone 7! |
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- Posted by sandlapper_rose z7B-8A SC (My Page) on Tue, Jan 31, 12 at 23:36
| 8 milk jugs sown today in Zone 8. First of the year! |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 4 . . . . . . . . . 259 Total Containers: 4,983 Happy February, winter sowers! We're just about to break 5,000! Welcome new counters Weebay, Ruthz, Ibheri and Sandlapper_rose. And a special welcome to Ibheri, who is a counting for zone 9. How exciting!! Don't be intimidated, but you are the first zone 9 counter of this year, last year, and perhaps even earlier years. A zone 9 counter is unusual (you will have to keep us posted how winter-sowing works in zone 9). Mindyw3, please check your total, I put you down for 14, but the spreadsheet had said 9 before that (which would have totaled 16). Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail.  |
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| Add eight more for me here in Zone 6. My total is now 50! :) Brad AKA Moonwolf |
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- Posted by susaninosceolamo 6A (My Page) on Wed, Feb 1, 12 at 16:05
| Hello all! Newbie here and I have started 47 pop bottles / milk jugs etc since 12/30. Crazy warm weather here so I have held off on doing more but I see that others are going ahead so maybe I should too! And, I'm trying everything while also learning the difference between perenials, hardy annuals, tender ones, etc. This is so much fun! |
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| Pls add 11 containers to Zone 5. My total is 11. |
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| Please add 6 for Zone 8 which brings my total to 100. Thanks. |
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- Posted by LizinElizabeth 5 (lizbest1@aol.com) on Wed, Feb 1, 12 at 21:28
| 12 so far for zone 5. I planted 5 this week, 7 the week before but haven't posted at all until now so pls count all for this week. These are my 1st ever wintersown containers, wish me luck! |
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| I just sowed my first 19 containers (ever) last night. Zone 6 I am hoping for a good harvest. |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 4 . . . . . . . . . 259 Total Containers: 5,086 Good morning winter sowers. We've broken 5,000! Welcome to the count, Susaninosceolamo, Kvenkat, LizinElizabeth, and Qycone! Nice to see so many newbies jumping on board. Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail.  |
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| I started in January and did three sowing sessions for a total of 64 containers so far. Now I need more potting mix. Every year I tell myself I will have enough mix because I'm not going to do as many containers as years past. I have not been able to stay under my self imposed limit any year so far :) |
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| 23 more jugs for zone 4 so my total is 104. |
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- Posted by sandlapper_rose z7B-8A SC (My Page) on Thu, Feb 2, 12 at 17:16
| 8 more for Zone 8. My total is now 16. |
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- Posted by fixerupperinnh 5 (My Page) on Thu, Feb 2, 12 at 17:20
| 10 more for me, with a total of 40. z5. |
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| 9 more for me, new total of 133. |
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| Please add 5 for Zone 8. My total is now 105. Thanks again. |
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| I finally started winter sowing... but only 13 containers so far. I'm waiting for my seeds to come from a trade I recently participated in. Once those come, I'll be sowing like crazy! :-) Please add 13 to Zone 4 Amy |
Here is a link that might be useful: My list of winter sown seeds so far
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 4 . . . . . . . . . 295 Total Containers: 5,218 Good morning, winter sowers. TGIF everybody! Welcome to the count Dieg01991. I'm sure your Zone 4 comrades are happy to have another counter! Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail. "…the voice of the Great Spirit is heard in the twittering of birds, the rippling of mighty waters, and the sweet breathing of flowers."...Gertrude Simmons Bonnin |
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- Posted by snapdragon36 5ny (My Page) on Fri, Feb 3, 12 at 10:01
| Please add 68 for zone 5 total 104. thanks Debbie |
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| I just found another packet of perennial seeds tucked in with my annuals. 9 containers for Z5 pixie_lou |
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| hello got some more done 27 more for zone 5 for a total of 55 for me. michelle |
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- Posted by bookjunky4life 5 Central IL (My Page) on Fri, Feb 3, 12 at 20:36
| Please add a measeley 8 more containers for me zone 5; running total is 158 |
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| Add six more for me here in Zone 6. My total is now 56 :). Brad AKA Moonwolf |
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- Posted by river_crossroads 8b Central Louisiana (My Page) on Sat, Feb 4, 12 at 0:27
| Please add 6 more for a total of 8 for zone 8. So hot here that a mosquito bit me as I was working on the front porch this evening. Sowed sjc48's Coral Nymph Salvia (Texas Hummingbird Sage) that she kindly sent me for my butterfly/hummer project. Thanks again, Shirley! Terrene, this includes the 2 A. purpurascens (purple milkweed) that sprouted in the fridge that I have now moved to a styrofoam cup outside. Thanks for your help! |
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Zone Wars Summary: Zone 4 . . . . . . . . . 295 Total Containers: 5,342 Good morning, winter sowers! Pixie_lou - please check your total - you post 270, but I've got you down for 370. Book junky - please check your total too. I've got you down 183, not 158 (your previous post said your running total was 175). PS - there are no measly containers! Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail.  |
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- Posted by doubleAmom 5 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 4, 12 at 11:46
| please add 9 more for me in zone 5. My total is now 28 |
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- Posted by sandlapper_rose z7B-8A SC (My Page) on Sat, Feb 4, 12 at 15:55
| 13 more for Zone 8 for a total of 29 |
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- Posted by bookjunky4life 5 Central IL (My Page) on Sun, Feb 5, 12 at 16:12
| Please add 26.5 containers (counting my half gallons as .5 contaner) for zone 5. My running total is 184.5. |
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| Add 5 more for me zone 5. I thinkthat makes my total 19....but i thinki have morethen that....ill double check next round ofcontainers. |
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| Yes terrene - you caught my typo. Which is why you are the official counter and not me. |
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| Add seven more for me here in Zone 6. My total is now 63 :). Brad AKA Moonwolf |
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