6,340 Garden Web Discussions | Growing from Seed

I'm personally addicted to growing trees. But, I have a place to plant many of them, and I know not everyone does. If you have the room to plant them or have a way to find them good homes, that's what I'd probably grow. Suppliers like Sheffield's and Schumaker make shopping for a wide variety of woody stuff pretty easy. If you don't want to have to stratify the seeds, just look for some that don't need pretreatment (there are quite a few).

Right now, I have my eye on some seeds from Prairie Moon. They have a good selection of native / environmentally-beneficial plants (especially perennials and grasses).

I guess really it's more about what you have a place to grow than what's the most fun to plant. Cause growing just about anything from seed is fun to watch!

Wintersowing can be a fun way to grow many things. Some of the benefits are less indoor space needed and no extra electricity for indoor lighting. Of course, you can't always watch them as closely and you may not get as much of a jump on the growing season.

Rocca, that's a broad question, and you have not described your garden, how much space you have, what you are interested in. Why not start here and get a better idea so you can decide what you really want to do:

Here is a link that might be useful: Local info

Thanks to all you for good ideas.
I might try different ones on different flats.

Francis, is it possible to replace cow manure with some other manure? Like horse, chicken?

Sometimes Tropical Milkweed shed their lower leaves so that the new growth has more nutrients. They may need a little more fertilizer.

Thanks, Nel5397. I added a little slow release fertilizer on the plants today. I also reduced their light a little and I've noticed a huge difference the newer leaves don't have the red spots like the previous leaves did. I noticed you lived in FL you must see Monarch butterflies there all the time. This year I'm starting early so they can lay some eggs on my milkweeds in the spring. Thanks again. :)

It depends on how old they are and how they have been stored. If stored dry and at room temperature, like Morz said, they go bad very quickly.

I think I may be out of luck then. Thanks.

Exactly what I'm going to try. Thank you very much.

Gary

I grow lots of poppies and don't find them to be a problem if, as stated above, you thin to one in each pot and don't bother the root ball. So for the ones in your cell packs thin the seedlings to one in each pot. If you need to pot up just transplant the whole cell, as Campulana described.

I adore poppies, just wish the flowers would last a bit longer.

project_gardener

Thank you! Found seeds I thought I'd never see.

Thanks for Sampleseed found some unique flower seeds I wanted to try.

susanzone5 z5NY on
Fri, Oct 5, 12 at 16:05

you can avoid fungal growth by having air circulation and sprinkling powdery sphagnum moss on top of seeded soil.

I'm glad to see someone mentioning this. In the university laboratory I found sprinkling powdery sphagnum to be quite helpful.

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