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Mimi
 Supporting Member
My Weather
| | Posted on Monday, September 24, 2007 - 10:48 am EST : |   |
Who here grows some to all of theirs from seed?
Mimi
- Wisconsin,
Zone "4b"
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Echoes
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| | Posted on Monday, September 24, 2007 - 11:09 am EST : | |
Hi Mimi. I usually grow most of my annuals from seed. This year I ddon't think I bought any. Started Nicotiana, Petunias, Impatiens, Lobelia, Browalia, Cosmos, Salvias, snapdragons and Statice this year. Besides saving me a few bucks, it lets me grow the ones I want without having to go shopping around for them, or settle for whatever is being offered. Those seed catalogues are far too tempting in the winter.
Brenda, in southern Manitoba
Echoes
- Manitoba,
Zone "3"
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Mimi
Supporting Member
My Weather
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 25, 2007 - 02:41 pm EST : | |
Echoes! Pleased to greet you.
Do you have any favorite catalogues? With you living in Canada, I would love to see some different ones than the usual ones we get here .
Mimi
- Wisconsin,
Zone "4b"
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Ladycamelia
My Weather
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - 07:34 pm EST : | |
Hi Mimi. I grow quite a lot from seed - perennials, some annuals and even some woodies. I love seeing things germinate. I don't have any specific favorite catalogs. I get most of my seed from the Hardy Plant Society/Mid Atlantic Group. We have a seed exchange early in the year (Jan/Feb). and the selection is amazing. I believe we had over 900 types of seed this year. Our seed list is not on the web yet. We hope to put it up this year at www.hardyplant.org. It is not a seed sale. it is strictly an exchange among members.
Ladycamelia
- PA,
Zone "6"
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Mimi
Supporting Member
My Weather
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - 09:32 pm EST : | |
Ladycamelia!
Nice to greet you.
Wow. a seed exchange would be alot of fun. 900 types. UNREAL.
I have to see that site again . Wonder if there is anything like that in my zone.
Mimi
- Wisconsin,
Zone "4b"
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Terryk
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My Weather
My Garden
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| | Posted on Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 06:50 am EST : | |
Mimi I grow hellebores and cyclamen from seed, easier than one would think. I also try lots of perennials from seed. I love Gardens North for unusual seeds but Tim Murphy is my main source on hellebore and cyclamen seed. Many perennials can take a cold winter to germinate so winter seed sowing is good for them.
That greenhouse is calling for seeds to be started this year. You and Charles going to be dividing the greenhouse between your flowers and his vegies?
Terryk
- NY,
Zone "6"
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Mimi
Supporting Member
My Weather
| | Posted on Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 09:57 am EST : | |
Terryk
Let me tell you. Charles has been MORE than giving with that greenhouse. And his gardens. He made me a loverly entire garden ya know. I have to post pictures. I feel guilty .LOL. I can take one -2 shelves in the greenhouse & he can have the rest. Helleborus and cycleman would be nice to grow from seed, This Tim Murphy, could you give me a heads up on how to reach him? He is on here isn't he? I have been out of touch in some of the forums.
Mimi
- Wisconsin,
Zone "4b"
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Terryk
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| | Posted on Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 01:27 pm EST : | |
Yes he is a member-"Tim" just check for him in the cyclamen forum and send him a gb e-mail.
Yes, you have to post pictures of your garden from Charles.
Terryk
- NY,
Zone "6"
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Seil
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| | Posted on Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 09:06 pm EST : | |
I have grown several things from seed. Petunias and impatiens I usually start early inside but Snaps, Zinnias and Cosmos I just sow in the ground in the spring. A lot of times I'll find a really cool variety at a nursery in the spring and buy it and then just save seeds from it through the summer for next year. I have also been known to bring in a special annual and winter it in the house too. Some times it works, some times not, but you never know until you try.
Seil
- Michigan,
Zone "6"
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Mimi
Supporting Member
My Weather
| | Posted on Friday, September 28, 2007 - 07:18 am EST : | |
Terryk ah! thats right. will have to go investigate. thanks for heads up. much appreciated.
Seil I do think those ae some of my favorites. I could not find any State Fair Zinnia last year when I was still in 5a. I do love them. and who can resist Cosmos. so willowy. Never met a snap I didn't love.
Mimi
- Wisconsin,
Zone "4b"
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Loretta
Supporting Member
| | Posted on Friday, September 28, 2007 - 12:00 pm EST : | |
Hi Mimi,
I also have grown all types of plants from seeds. However, I like to shop them too.
Loretta
- NJ,
Zone "6"
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Heirloomgardens
My Garden Journal
My Garden
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 03, 2007 - 09:05 am EST : | |
Mimi, I grew a couple dozen types of annual flowers from seed this year, but in total I started 140 different types of items from seed (annuals, perennials, herbs, vegetables, melons). MY NAME IS DJ, AND I'M A PLANTAHOLIC. I couldn't possibly support my habit if I had to buy plants. Haha!!!
Heirloomgardens
- Massachusetts,
Zone "5b"
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Lovinlife
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 03, 2007 - 10:41 am EST : | |
This year, I had some wild petunia seeds from my sister, and i just threw them into a pot. Surprise surprise -- they grew. The only thing is, they were not true to color. My sister's were pale lavender, and mine were every color in the pink-to-purple spectrum. I didn't like some of the colors.
I also found that red zinnia and pale pink hollyhock seeds from last year both produced royal purple blossoms.
I did grow some Bachelor Buttons from seed 'cause that's the only way I can get them, and some marigolds from a neighbor who can no longer garden. I didn't really like their color, but he is such a sweet old fella that I got a lot of pleasure from showing them to him when they bloomed.
I don't usually want to wait for the seeds, so I buy the plants, and only when they're in bloom. I've been caught too many times with a plant bearing the wrong label. You know how that goes: the plant label says yellow, but when you get it in your garden and it blooms, it's red. Moreover, I think hybridizers are, for the most part, color-blind. They advertise clematis as red, but they're magenta. And pink daylilies are usually peach.
(sorry for the long rant)
Lovinlife
- Utah,
Zone "5"
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Gardenbug
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 03, 2007 - 11:27 am EST : | |
I don't have many annuals here, but I do take cuttings each fall of wallflowers and loads of coleus cuttings too.
I scatter columbine seed, rudbeckia Prairie Sun, poppies, cosmos and angelica too.
Verbena bonariensis seeds itself everywhere - thankfully!
I also grow tomatoes, basil, eggplant etc from seed sometimes.
Gardenbug
- Ontario,
Zone "4/5"
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Heirloomgardens
My Garden Journal
My Garden
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 03, 2007 - 01:52 pm EST : | |
Would you mind telling me about that process, from cutting to replanting?
Heirloomgardens
- Massachusetts,
Zone "5b"
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Gardenbug
| | Posted on Saturday, October 06, 2007 - 04:32 am EST : | |
I cut a bunch of healthy stems from the plant, remove the lower leaves, stick the stems in rooting hormone powder (or not) and push them into a tray filled with moist planting mix. Voila! I keep them outdoors in shade until frost, then indoors under plant lights until spring. They tend to develop flowers sometimes, and I pinch these off with my fingers. Some foliage dies off, and I try to keep them looking healthy, even though it is a long haul lasting through the winter! I'll try to get a photo of the tray I've started, but it won't probably be today.
Wallflowers are supposed to be perennials, but not in my climate!
Gardenbug
- Ontario,
Zone "4/5"
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Heirloomgardens
My Garden Journal
My Garden
| | Posted on Saturday, October 06, 2007 - 06:39 am EST : | |
Thank you very much, Gardenbug! I grow orange Siberian Wallflowers. Mine don't come back, either. The reason that I asked how you take cuttings is that I've read that you can't get fertile seeds from them. Have you found that to be true, too?
Heirloomgardens
- Massachusetts,
Zone "5b"
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Mimi
Supporting Member
My Weather
| | Posted on Saturday, October 06, 2007 - 10:44 pm EST : | |
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! L@@ks like I missed out a few posts here. I know I need a 12 step program when it comes to plants too. I would rather plants/ seeds than food sometimes. Its awful. OR IS IT????hahahah
Mimi
- Wisconsin,
Zone "4b"
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Gardenbug
| | Posted on Sunday, October 07, 2007 - 08:48 am EST : | |
DJ, I don't know the answer as I don't deal with seeds, only the cuttings, and they do produce blooms.
Gardenbug
- Ontario,
Zone "4/5"
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Gardenbug
| | Posted on Sunday, October 07, 2007 - 02:40 pm EST : | |
Here is my tray of cuttings. These will be mauve, not orange.
Gardenbug
- Ontario,
Zone "4/5"
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