Hello, FIRST OF ALL, I HOPE I AM POSTING at the right place. Its been awhile since i have been able to post on this wonderful website. I wish i had more time to browse all the good info here. Problem is, i get to Dave's Garden website, and i enjoy it so much, i have a hard time leaving. Since summer has arrived i am so busy outside each evening after work, in my garden, that i cant seem to find any time for the computer. I really do love this gardening website, and i have learned alot from this seed forum!
I made it point to log on today to let the NICE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO SENDS NEW PEOPLE SEEDS, that i did experiment with ALL the seeds they sent me. This was my first Spring EVER using seeds. It was a trial and error attempt, but i thoroughly enjoyed starting all the seeds that were sent to me, and checking on them frequently to see if i was having any success. I am happy to report i do have quite a few seeds that are now fairly tall. I am sure i didn't do everything correctly, but i started my seeds in the trays that are seen in garden centers. I bought 2 large seed starter kits that were sold with heat mats to set them on. I am so new at this, that i never even realized these trays existed. I just happened to pass them at Lowe's at the very end of winter/early Spring. I bought seed started dirt, and i used a bit of every seed packet you guys sent me. I also shared my left overs with a co-worker. I feel i did fairly well, as i now have them in small pots and i am thinking i can soon move them to larger pots. Since i really don't know anything about seeds, i guess i am using my own system. lol. After the seeds germinated and sprouted and got sturdy enough i moved them to small clay pots. They have been in the small pots for a quite awhile now, and i feel they look hardy enough to move to larger pots. I have the small pots on my screened in porch with indirect sunlight. From there, i thought i would start introducing them to more sun, and then hopefully plant them in the ground. I may be going about this all wrong?? Any tips would be appreciated. I hope to find some time soon to read some of the threads here and learn more.
Thanks so much for sending the seeds, i have really enjoyed seeing the seeds grow. The seed sharing is such a neat thing. Class act! Thanks again, and i hope to post some pictures of my first blooms. I am not sure what half the stuff is that has grown, cause i was not smart enough to label everything i planted. But as they are growing i am able to identify some of them by there little leaves. Thanks again for sharing!!!!!! Truly appreciated your generosity and unique idea of getting new people interested in seeds.
I am adding a picture of my screened in porch and if u look closely you can see my pots inside that have my sprouts/plants that began with the seeds you sent me. I am also adding a picture of a mature plant i have out front of my house that began by seeds about 3 yrs ago. I had a package of seeds i found laying around my house that yr, and i put them in the ground. I never expected them to grow as they did, so i have no idea what these are called. Can anyone tell me the name of these flowers. I think they are a wildflower of some sort??? I get lots of complimets on them when people walk by my house, and i am frequently asked what they are. Those are the only seeds i have ever planted until this yr.
Joyce
