Direct sow Cosmos...when will flower?
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Comments (7)Yes pie, they will flower this year....all but for Viola. That isa biennial and most likely won't flower before frost. Years ago my mother grew all her flowers but for petunias by direct sowing in the first week of may. She planted marigolda, zinnias, snapdragons and sweet alyssum. In alother bed there was portulaca, and larkspur blooms about 2 months from sowing. Get those seeds in the ground. Linda C...See MoreDirect sowing flowers
Comments (0)3 weeks ago I direct sowed my SFG. The Toms/basil/peppers were all grown from seed indoors and I ds alot of flowers/veggies. All of the bigger stuff was put in a handful of seed starting mix and pushed an inch or so down. The Corn, Acorn squash, borage, hairy vetch, nasturtiums, watermelon, cukes, Sunflowers have all come up and are growing nicely. The smaller seeds I sprinkled seed starting mix on top of the SFG mix, scattered the seeds strawflower, primadonna deep rose echinachea, love lies bleeding, wall flower, leaf lettuces - paris island cos, simpson elite, black seeded simpson etc. None of these are showing any sign of germination. There has been alot of rain the last two weeks, should I try and start flowers in cups or give the seeds I already have out there a little more time?...See MoreWinter sow or Direct sow?
Comments (7)I did something very similar in 2003. Just around thanksgiving with our first snow, I broadcasted out the prairie seeds over a 60x15 prepared area. No mulch, no amendment and the blanket of snow was my protection from birds. Also by this time the mice/voles ect. are housed up for the winter. My seed (flowers/grasses) were individually ordered from reputable native seed suppliers...no walmart mixes just for the simple fact you usually can't find any that do not contain a few non-native noxious/invasive species...like Dames Rocket, Bachelor's Button and Baby's Breath for example; two of which are on our local monitor list and one which made it too the noxious weed list....See MoreWinter sowers who also direct sow?
Comments (40)I think the goat is kinda cute, goats have pretty eyes. Does he whine or mew or bleat or whatever sound goats make when you're paying more attention to the dog? Many years ago I wanted to increase my columbines, so I took the dried stems of the few I had in the garden and shook them around here and there. It took over a year before I saw all the blooms, but I had an array petal count, some with or without spurs, and a range of blues, pinks, purple, plum, white and an odd grey color--well, the grey wasn't bad and actually was lovely--you just don't expect grey for a flower bloom. Open-pollinated columbine seedlings are like a mixed litter of kittens, you never know what you'll get but you'll love everyone. I do a lot of seed packing here and as expected some of it hits the floor :-O but waste not want not--I have a new bagless vacuum with a catcher cup which I dump over the side of the porch behind a shrub. I don't know all that will sprout there but it will amaze. Yesterday I finished packing out a large bag of mixed wildflowers--once you get to the bottom there's more chaff than seed, though it is still loaded with a lot of very small seeds. Well, it doesn't look right for sharing so I dumped the remainder over the other side of the porch railing--that's gonna be a sight when those sprout and grow too. Direct sowing can be a hazardous thing--not to the sower but to the seeds. Seeds are food! and Mother Nature will take as many as she can. So, when you're direct sowing you must sow heavily to avoid disappointment, you must be realistic and expect less than a ten percent of the seeds you sow will survive long enough to bloom--ten percent might actually be a high number. But if you're sowing 40,000 poppy seeds then 400 plants is still 400 plants. Obviously results will vary based on predator, climate, and skill and tools of the gardener; but when it comes down to it direct sown seed survival is mostly dependant on luck--you either get eaten or you don't. Mother Nature is very hungry....See Morerouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a)
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