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| Hi - I checked my containers today and have lupine sprouts just starting in several jugs.
First sprouts of 2011: Lupine Minarette, Russell Hybrids, & Acadia National Park
The stuff on the soil surface that looks like rock salt is actually bird grit--I use it to hold the seeds against the surface of the medium. Probably don't need it but it worked last year and I live by the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" rule/philosophy. My cellar has been flooded the past 9 days with no let-up in sight. Water seeps through the foundation every night overnight. Every morning (afternoons on weekdays when I get home from work) I get the pump going but have to monitor it--it sits on the floor in the water but doesn't have an automatic shut-off. The hose runs out the door so I have to pull that inside before dark so I can lock up. The flooding has put a real damper on my winter sowing sprout anticipation. Please - nobody wish me the green wave until my cellar is dry. The idea of more water makes me slightly nauseous. |
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| Congratulations on your sprouts! Doing the Dance for you, hope your flooding issues are over with soon! Shirley! |
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- Posted by ladyrose65 6bNJ (My Page) on Sun, Mar 13, 11 at 21:07
| "Here's part of a little song for you" (this is not a religious intent. I Love Judy Garland and this song.) It's Snappy and Happy! "Forget your troubles c'mon get happy, Shout hallejulah c'mon get happy the sun is shinin c'mon get happy, We're headin across the river to Forget your troubles c'mon get happy, "Get Happy" by Judy Garland |
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- Posted by v1rtu0s1ty (My Page) on Sun, Mar 13, 11 at 21:14
| Awesome! Will I still get sprouts from my lupine if I only wsowed them today? |
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| WOW!! Great photos - nice timing on the pictures of germination!!!! Doing the happy dance with you!!! Hoorah for Sprouts!! |
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- Posted by rosemctier z5/6 waynesburg PA (My Page) on Sun, Mar 13, 11 at 21:36
| good luck with the draining! we are getting excessive rain too-- i am a little worried that the creek is going to get high enough to wash the kitchen away! hope you dry out soon! |
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- Posted by LilBlossom 5 (My Page) on Sun, Mar 13, 11 at 21:46
| Congratulations! :o) |
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- Posted by tempusflits 5 (My Page) on Sun, Mar 13, 11 at 21:53
| Congratulations on your sprouts, and may all your future water come in the form of gentle showers. |
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- Posted by just1morehosta 5 (My Page) on Sun, Mar 13, 11 at 22:03
| Oh Eileen,I am so sorry to hear this,I bet you are just plum wore out, that is a lot to deal with. I hope you do not get any more rain for awhile,give things a chance to dry up a bit. I will have to check my containres tomorrow,in spite of the bad news, I am happy you have a few sprouts,and I hope more will wait! cAROL |
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| Best wishes for a dry basement flying your way on angel wings! Dorothy (Meadows) |
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| Eileen, so sorry about the flooding. I hope it doesn't make you dread the next day. Here's to clear,dry skies for you. Bev |
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- Posted by gardenweed_z6a 6 (My Page) on Mon, Mar 14, 11 at 0:00
| Thanks everyone. I'd say all your good wishes brought a tear to my eye but it would be wet and I've had about all the wet I can deal with for the next little while. I'll post more pictures of sprouts as I take them but for the next few days all I want to see is dry cellar concrete. If it weren't for great neighbors who pitched in to help, I'd be on the highway hitchhiking with a sign looking for a ride to Nevada or Arizona. Neil - those lupine seeds might do fine in your zone 5 but they like cold so I can't guarantee you'll see sprouts this year. The ones I have that sprouted were WS back in December/January. |
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- Posted by gardenunusual 5a (My Page) on Mon, Mar 14, 11 at 6:49
| Our basement floods every year, I feel for ya! I'm still going to dance for you! Yipeeeeeeeeee sprouts!!! |
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| ladyrose i dont think you have to apologize for religous intent...nothing wrong with being a jesus freak...i am :)!!! |
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- Posted by bettyd_z7_va (My Page) on Wed, Mar 16, 11 at 23:21
| Gardenweed, I'm in zone 7 and just ordered my lupin seed night before last. Are you serious? I really might not see any sprouts until next year? Sniff...Sniff...I'm gonna cry! Our son planted some lupin seed - in ground - one year and they grew and flowered the same year. Betty (Who is hoping my seed bloom this year) |
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| Hey, I have Lupine sprouts too! They were sown back in December, and the containers just emerged from under a snow pile. These are hardy little buggers. V1 and Betty, I also just sowed Lupine seeds this past weekend, but soaked them before sowing. I boiled some water, poured it over the seeds, and soaked them in it for 24 hours. The water will cool down, which is okay. You can also nick the seed coat, rub them with coarse sandpaper, or cold stratify in the fridge. All of these techniques supposedly allow the seed coat to soften faster, and the embryo inside can swell and break through sooner. We'll see if it works! |
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| Neil, only a couple types of lupin need an extended chill before they will germinate - most of the others are fine sown with no chill at all. That hard seed coat can be a little slow to take in water though, results in finding germination anywhere from 1 week to 8 weeks if you sowed this late without soaking. Betty, some but not all types will bloom first year, it depends on which lupin you ordered. |
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