There is nothing half so much worth doing as messing about with bulbs. Indoors or outdoors it doesn't matter.
Experiments with Seeds
Each year's seed-sowing: Seeds 2024 Seeds 2023 Seeds 2022 Seeds 2021 Seeds 2020 Seeds 2019 Seeds 2018 Seeds 2017 Seeds 2016
I've always wanted to plant seeds and in recent years wanted to figure out how to do it more successfully. Results have been so hit and miss. I need to document and collect data: test
1. How long from sowing seeds until flowers are produced?
in progress, collating my results
| weeks from sowing seeds to first flower | |
| Agastache | 19 |
| Balloon Vine | 9 |
| Borage | 11 |
| Calendula | 18 |
| Candytuft | 11 |
| Centaurea montana | 2 years later ?? |
| Chicory | following summer |
| Chinese Lanterns | following summer |
| Cleome spinosa | 10 |
| Common Corncockle | 11 |
| Cornflower | 10 (2018), 12 (2017 and 2016) |
| Cosmos | 13 |
| Crepis rubra | 9 |
| Echium Blue Bedder | 11 (2021), 15 (2019), 10 (2018), 11 (2017) |
| Evening Primrose | following spring |
| Catnip (Nepeta cataria) | 11 (2018), 15 (2017) |
| Houndstongue | following spring |
| Hyssop | following summer |
| Lupin Festival | 15 |
| Meadow Cranesbill | following summer |
| Milk Thistle | 12 and a half weeks |
| Morning Glory | 11 |
| Nasturtium | 6 (2019), 11 (2017), 12 (2016) |
| Navelwort | following spring |
| Polyanthus | following spring |
| Poppy: | |
| Amazing Grey | 14 |
| Black Swan Opium Poppy | 13 |
| Lauren's Grape | 16 |
| Giant Poppy | 17.5 |
| Pink Fizz | 14 |
| Scabiosa Perfection Blue | following spring |
| Sea Holly | following summer |
| Snapdragons | 6 |
| Sunflower Little Dorrit | 14 |
| Viola Chicky Chicks | 11 (2021), 9 |
| Viola Floral Powers | 8 |
| Wild Bergamot | following summer |
2. Which compost materials are best for germination?
3. Should the seeds be covered? in opaque or transparent material?
4. Which seedlings are most attractive to slugs?
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