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| My first year at it - here are some of my successes!
Here's my Cosmos that grew massive but didn't flower - one little bud here but that's it! Seems to be a good resting spot for everyone though!!
I was pretty pleased at how everything came out. Lots of misses but the hits were awesome!! Can't wait to get going again! How did all the other first timers do?? Let's see!!! I |
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- Posted by northerner_on Z5A ONCanada (My Page) on Sun, Sep 30, 07 at 2:28
| Well done, Flowers!! Beautiful pics. and what a wonderful beginning!! This WSing is surely addictive and one can really get carried away. With your success, I won't be surprised if you become another victim (ha!). Love your salvia - I must try that one next year and I have promised to try some zinnias this year - maybe these zig-zags would be a good one to try. Northerner. |
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- Posted by greylady-gardener (My Page) on Sun, Sep 30, 07 at 8:45
| Beautiful pics! I am even more anxious to get growing!!....and this season isn't even over yet :) Your salvia is beautiful and the hollyhock is definitely something I will want to try, too. thanks for posting. |
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- Posted by janet_grower 5a (My Page) on Wed, Oct 3, 07 at 17:46
| My first try at winter sowing was somewhat of a disappointment, as the weather warmed a seeds started sprouting, I moved all my pots to a portable greenhouse. In a nasty wind storm everything came toppling down. I had piles of pots and soil everywere, I tried to save what I could, the lavetera, lupine, sweet pea, and hollyhocks are all that survived out of about 40 different kinds of seed. I took it as a lesson learned, my plants could have been in there, I staked it down after the storm and we had some windy days after that but my plants survived the move outdoors to the greenhouse. This year the stakes go in first. Janet |
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- Posted by northerner_on Z5A ONCanada (My Page) on Thu, Oct 4, 07 at 4:17
| Janet, I don't understand if you were winter sowing, why you were moving your sprouts to a greenhouse. That's the beauty of WSing, you just put them out there in the elements and let nature take care of them. You could reserve your greenhouse for your tender things like tomatoes, peppers, etc. Northerner. |
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- Posted by i_heart_flowers 2b MB (My Page) on Thu, Oct 4, 07 at 13:43
| Hey Janet, what Northerner said goes for me! I stuck those containers out in the snow and walked away....well, sort of! The only time I bothered moving them was when I decided I should but them in a bit more sun so I moved my set up to a sunnier area. One of the reasons I wanted to give the ws a shot was it was a "let them fend for themselves" type of thing. I went with the thought that they were either going to make it or not and happily a lot of them did, even with a hell of a lot of snow, ice, wind, couple of knock over's. It really is amazing how tough they can be! |
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