groundhogs in the annual flower garden
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Comments (14)Martha, Thank you for the kind offer. I have placed a recent order for flower seeds from Fedco based on the suggestions here but have yet to receive them. I have WSed all of the other seed that I have (veggies, herbs, etc) and would love to be able to add some of your cosmos if you have extras. I'd be happy to reciprocate and send you some of my saved/extra seed. I have scads of heirloom tomatoes as well as other seed that I'd be happy to share....See MoreWill annuals that don´t flower one year, flower the next??
Comments (3)Lynn - thanks for trying to help with the godetia problem - I´m pretty sure that it IS that flower because I scattered the seeds in that area and I can´t think what else they could be. Sweet of you to look it up on the internet. I just tried that again myself and saw one site that said that it often prefers a cooler climate to ours. Sultry - I am amazed by what you say! Just goes to show that you shouldn´t give up hope too early... I´ll sow a few seeds among them just in case and hang on in case it does decide to flower. Thanks so much for your help. Best wishes ALmeria...See MoreWANTED: Annual and Perennial Flower Seed Wanted
Comments (5)I have a variety of seeds on that list, and several others that aren't listed on my trade page at the moment. If you're interested, take a look at my trade list and let me know if you're interested in anything. My email is on my member page and I'm always looking for heirloom tomato seeds :)...See MoreNature-planted annual seed vs. gardener-planted annual seed
Comments (2)The simplistic explanation is called climate adaptation (among other labels) - the seeds Mother Nature planted had time to adapt to their environment and maybe 1 in 100 adapted and survived to germinate and of those maybe 1 in 50 live a normal life. The seeds we plant have had no such adaptation time and we plant far less seeds and expect near 100% germination of healthy long=lived plants. And we often get it simply because we waited when Mom didn't. Mother nature is really a lousy mother when it comes to taking care of her kids. She's the "Good Luck, Kid. You're on your own." kind of mother. But that really is overly -simplistic and much of the confusion results from mis-interpretation or mis-applicationof guidelines. For example: guidelines are written in broad generalities in the hopes of applying to most situations and to provide the best odds for success. So "Plants started too early outside will end up less vigorous than plants started when warmer." is referring to seeds direct seeded outdoors when warmer, not to transplants - seeds and transplants are two very different things - and is very true simply because the seedling once germinated under ideal conditions will be less stressed, less damaged, more healthy than the seed that germinates under less than ideal conditions. Plus the folks that write these guidelines know that we always want to rush the spring planting season - to our own detriment - so they say anything they can to try to slow us down. It seldom works. ;-) Dave...See Morelam702
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