Winter sowing journals
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33 - Lychnis miqueliana - Fushigorosen-so Blooming and 2012 Wintersowing garden
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Sep
2012
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Overcast 21°C / 70°FI have been very neglectful of my wintersown plants this year. It has definitely been a very strange and hectic year for me. But in site of my neglect, most of my plants have taken care of themselves. I hope sometime in the next couple of weeks to pull out all the containers from amongst the weed...
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May
2012
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2012 Winter Sowing Container Update
44 - Lupinus perennis - Perennial Lupine, red Blooming, 6 - Bellis perennis 'Tasso Mix' Growing, 00 - Hosta...Sunny 26°C / 78°FI think we had a pretty good turnout for the 2012 Wintersowing. Of course, I only did 17 containers; far fewer than I have ever done in previous years. At this point there is only one container that has nothing germinated and that is the Eryngium yuccafolium – Rattlesnake Master. I’v...
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24
Mar
2012
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Winter Sowing Container Update
33 - Lychnis miqueliana - Fushigorosen-so Sprouting, 55 - Jasione laevis, Sheep's Bit Sprouting, 44 - Lupin...Cloudy 17°C / 63°FOf the 17 containers, 11 now have some degree of sprouting going on. So far, so good. I took photos today of all the sprouts. Some are just starting, so I’m really hoping that the remaining ones follow suit. Here’s the score so far: No sprouts 7 11 18 59 63 Hosta
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66 - Isatis tinctoria - Woad Sprouting, 6 - Bellis perennis 'Tasso Mix' Sprouting, 41 - Calendula Sproutin...
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Mar
2012
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66 a few new sprouts 6 several small new sprouts 41 one sprout, visible seeds are swollen 28 several sproutsCloudy 16°C / 61°F -
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Feb
2012
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The last of the winter sowing for 2012
Tulip 'Purple Flag' Sprouting and 2012 Wintersowing gardenCloudy 8°C / 47°F
I sowed 4 red coffee containers and one large 5-gal kitty litter container today. This will be the last that I will be winter-sowing this year. It brings the total containers to 17.
The 5 gal. container has a mix of Hosta seeds. These were collected from various Hosta plants in our own yard that ...
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2012 Wintersowing garden
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Jan
2012
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A total of 12 now, added to the four Solstice containers that were already outside. I found Pase seeds online and got some really great, unusual seeds from them, including some that I had really wanted. I also selected a few from my stash. There are still a couple more that I want to do, but ther...Sunny 6°C / 43°F -
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Jan
2012
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Final Cleanup of the 2011 containers
New Stuff Planting & Patiently Waiting garden , Primula japonica - Japanese Primrose < 35 Moved, Jasione la...Sunny 14°C / 58°F
OK, so January 7 and the temperature is 60*F -Yikes! I am hesitant to sow any more new containers while the weather is so warm during the day, even though it generally has been dropping below freezing at night. But I did take advantage of the great sunny and warm day to finish the clean up and ou...
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66 - Isatis tinctoria - Woad , 63 - Meconopsis cambrica, Welsh Poppy , 51 - Reseda odorata, Mignonette , 4...
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Dec
2011
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The first of this year’s containers have been sown and are outside. It was almost 60 degrees today, so hopefully there will be winter for them eventually. My Solstice Sowing Remembrance – Meconopsis cambrica, Welsh Poppy, for my dear father (R.I.P.) and his family Life – Isatis tinctoria, W...Cloudy 13°C / 56°F -
2011 Winter Sowing garden
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Dec
2011
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Overcast 2°C / 35°F
Summary? Neglected! I was a very poor caretaker of the wintersowing containers over 2011. From the end of June, I did absolutely nothing with them at all. I think it is because I had decided that most of the rest were growing weeds, but I never did go back to check on them and try to figure it ou...
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25
Jun
2011
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Planting out more WS seedlings
Borders garden , Welcome garden , 2011 Winter Sowing garden , Spigelia marilandica - Indian Pink < 9 Dying,...Overcast 24°C / 75°FAfter 8 straight days of rain, it was time to do a bit of planting out. Everything was so wet that it was just about all I could do. I found places for 6 more wintersown seedlings or hunks of seedlings. I also dumped two containers that had absolutely nothing growing in them. I need to check a fe...
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04
Jun
2011
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Planting out more WS seedlings
Welcome garden , Rhodie garden , Heritage garden , Boggy Backyard Corner garden , Gnomeville garden , 2011 ...These were planted out this weekend. Some only had one seedling in the container, while others had quite a few. I planted out whatever was there in a cluster, watered it in well, and figured nature would take its course. These seedlings tend to be pretty sturdy and most survive planting out prett...Sunny 27°C / 80°F -
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May
2011
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Planting out the last 2010 WS plants
Heritage garden , Bergenia cordifolia - Pigsqueak Planting Out, and New Stuff Planting & Patiently Waiting ...Cloudy 21°C / 70°FSome of the Bergenia seedlings had grown to a nice size and it was time for them to go into the ground. There were about 4 or 5 seedlings in each of two pots. There was one Bergenia planting on each side of the front of the Heritage garden already, so I planted one pot out with each of those. It ...
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01
May
2011
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Planting out some winter sprouts
2011 Winter Sowing garden , Clarkia unguiculata - Mountain Garland > 62 (divided) Planting Out, Dianthus kn...Sunny 18°C / 65°FThree of the earliest sprouted containers were ready to be planted out. As they grew it was clear that container 15, which was supposed to be Dianthus knappii – was not. It was identical to the Clarkia that was in container 62. The leaves weren’t even close to Dianthus leaves. I don&#...
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2011 Winter Sowing garden , Solanum lycopersicum - Tomato 'Lucky Leprechaun' Sprouting, Tricyrtis maculata ...
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Apr
2011
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Sunny 18°C / 65°FAnother 12 containers with sprouts. Lots of goodies! Now a total of 48 with sprouts. There are a couple of containers that have one sprout that looks suspiciously similar – invading volunteer weeds! I’m not counting those yet, but will wait to see what they look like in a few days.
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2011 Winter Sowing garden , Brassica oleracea - Cauliflower, Snowball Y Improved > 50 (divided) Planting Ou...
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Apr
2011
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Sunny 21°C / 70°FBroccoli and Cauliflower were planted out into the Vegetable garden. I did 4 small HOS for Broccoli and 2 for Cauliflower. I put collars on them made from clear plastic cups that I had used for potting up indoor seedlings that had either died or had to be potted up again. I cut the bottoms off an...
