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Seeds of most cotton varieties do not seem to be rare, just a bit uncommon due to low demand.
Best of luck in your hunt!
-Tom
Hannah, don't overthink it :)
Annual poppies are widely grown as an ornamental flower throughout North America. While they may be technically illegal, there are no plant police that are going to investigate a home gardener for a few or even more than a few plants. Enjoy them for their color, or for your kitchen where you can add the seeds to your baking.
Just don't plant acreage of poppies and you will have no problems at all. Most of us couldn't extract anything 'recreational' from our poppies even if we did have an interest in doing so :)
There is a house I routinely pass doing errands that plants a large swath of papaver somniferum every year, lots of color, quite pretty. It's one block from our local state patrol office and drivers testing facility.
If you're worried (I too worry a bit about that), consider planting the breadseed poppies, peony poppies, and other types of Papaver somniferum in the back yard. In the front yard, use California poppies (Eschscholzia) and corn poppies (Papaver rhoeas--Flanders poppy, Shirley poppies, "Falling in Love," "Dawn Chorus," etc.), which as I understand it do not fall under the questionable legal issues.
You might also want to write to your congressman and senator about changing those ridiculous laws--in fact, I think that's a good idea for all of us. Squeaky wheels get the grease.
Jennifer
I have my maters and some pepper plants in the unheated sun porch.
I have recorded temps down to 43 degrees some morning this past month.
I keep the lights on for warmth on cloudy days and let them dry out between waterings they are doing excellent.
Hey, I'm reviving this thread with another question. I would like to start some native perennials from seed. My seeds will need to be cold-stratified which I will do in the frig. I would also like to use my unheated basement. It sounds like slow germination is the biggest issue with a colder area. What do you all think of letting the seed germinate upstairs then moving them to the basement under a light?
IF YOU >>> soak seed in water for 24 hours then store at 40F for 13 weeks then lightly cover the seed soil temp 65-70F with germination in 30-60 days. & if the yogurt maker maintains that temp the go ahead & give it a try...later let us know if it did work...
some other seed do require light for germination so do not make a all inclusive statement. I usually spread the seed on top of a flat/or pot. then vover with a light layer of sand or medium vermiculite.
I also mix very small seed with dry sand then sow on the surface of.....
Since no one has answered this I'll just ask a couple of questions. Firstly, is this the right time of year to sow cauliflower in your zone and have you chosen a variety designed for autumn sowing? Secondly are you sowing straight into the ground? If so are you watching for slugs etc? All brassicas usually have very high germination rates and 3 out of 20 is not a good yield. I'd suspect something going fairly wrong somewhere. Before worrying about phosphorus I'd check I was growing suitable varieties for my climate at the correct season of the year. Germination shouldn't really be affected by minerals - only subsequent growth.
"I started them in early June/late May in the area where they were to be grown permanently, but not a one germinated"
---- I believe poppy seeds need stratification, they need to go through a cold period to break the dormancy and then germinate.
Here is a link that might be useful: poppy flower pictures
Honey Locust is a rather dangerous tree to have around. The common ones grow thorns up to a foot long, which are perhaps the nastiest thorns of any North American tree. I have been told that some of the African Acacias are worse, but don't know that for a fact. Not something I'd care to have on my property. The so-called Moraine locust is a thornless form, so just hope you have that variety.
George
I found a tree fruit(actually it almost hit me when a squirrel knocked it off the tree) and it looks like a small potato, a light brown. The inside is a very pale tan, almost white color. The seed is like that of a kidney bean, but has a small white patch on its upper section. Can you help me?
I think you should put them in the ground too - wait until the weather has moderated just a little if its been warm, dry there. The roots will continue to grow and establish as long as the ground isn't frozen, in this zone that is most/all of winter.
I don't see any white in the background of either of your plants that would make it reasonable to hope for white flowered seedlings.
There is a forum dealing with a seed exchannge......look at the list of forums.....
Sorry, ....I would like to purchase acorns from a source, private, or, commercial, and grow these oaks from seeds, as part of a project. I need about 50-100 acorns. Not a very large amount.
Thanks for the help.
Frank