Winter Sowing in Flower Pots
Frank UNDERWOOD
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newspaper pots and winter sowing ?
Comments (2)Laura, They do wick water away but if you simply take off 1/2 inch or a bit more of newspaper from the top and plant so that no paper comes above ground, then you'll be fine. For the bottom, just tear the paper a bit in some spots on the bottom so that some of the delicate roots can come out and play in your garden soil. I've done these too and they are great!...See MoreWinter Sowing in Hyponex Potting Soil????
Comments (6)My first 60 containers were with Hyponex! Then I read where it isn't a good soil. However, I have sprouts in most of those containers. I am using the rest of the bags along with ProMix. If you have more seeds, try them in a different potting mix, but wait a bit to see if the first ones do indeed sprout. This is my first year and I am addicted and the folks on this forum are enablers! Joyce...See Moremy garden pictures, winter sowed flowers blooming
Comments (5)Wonderful pics, love the dianthus, poppies, foxglove and lots more. You have created a wonderful cottage effect. Silverkelt...See MoreWinter Sowing Seeds that are Annual Flowers
Comments (11)Hi, laagarden, welcome to wintersowing! I'm responding to your questions from here, as well as the other post you made, because everything is tied together. Bookjunky has an answer in here too. Almost all of us wintersowers do at least some annuals in addition to perennials. Given the right growing conditions (sun or shade, enough water), an annual will give flowers the first year. They do need time to get to blooming size. When we buy annuals, many of them are started on January 1st in a greenhouse. So, you can fill your yard with blooming annuals, but you won't have instant color on May 15th unless you buy a few blooming greenhouse annuals to enjoy while your wintersown babies catch up. There are some annuals that bloom nice and early though, they are Larkspur, annual poppies, and Bachelor Buttons (centaurea cyanus). All of these can be purple, blue-purple, or lavender. I think there are orange annual poppies, too. These 3 early annuals are HARDY annuals, meaning that frost doesn't bother them at all. But they'll die after one summer of flowering and making seed, so they're an annual. Larkspur will often sprout right now and slowly grow through the winter. You could sow all 3 of these right now if you wish. Some people wait until the middle of winter to sow poppies, and some wintersow them in containers and plant them out when they're tiny. Some people do sow seeds on the ground and then cover with a mini-greenhouse. It's more typical to use something larger than a jug, but you can do that too. At the bottom of the main WS page, there's a bar for searching. Search for a thread called "winter sowing in situ" which talks about this. Pitimpinai does poppies, I know for sure. Most annuals or tender perennials that we grow are native to tropical areas. They "think" a warm spell means it's spring. They'll sprout, then the warm spell will end and they'll die from the cold. Last year I direct-sowed some annual seeds when it got cold, then we had a late-November warm spell like kcqrna described, and I had 20 4 O'clock seedlings pop up and then die. In any group of seeds, there are ones who sprout at the first sign of good conditions, and some that sprout later. Some people just sow heavily, and rely on the late-sprouters to stay dormant during a warm spell. They will get some sprouts in warm spells that die, but will still get some sprouts in true spring. (however, I didn't have any 4 O'clocks come Spring) A big rule for wintersowing: throw the screw-cap away. You need ventilation. Now you have it! Zinnias are great for easy color, and you can do those in orange or purple or both. They are quite tender. How much sun do you have, what's your soil like, and what heights do you you want? We can recommend some annuals for you, and some perennials in addition to what karendee suggested....See Moreplays inthedirt
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