Seed sprouting update

All right! I’m getting a bunch of sprouts from the white coneflower seeds I sprinkled on top of the soil in one of the seedling trays. It took about a week, and I’d say about 40% have sprouted. I transferred some into other cells. I think some more of the seeds will sprout in the coming week.

P3110002.jpgA few more of the poppies are sprouting up now, but there are still about 20 that haven’t come up (I thought it was 15 earlier).

P3110004.JPGI propped the lid up on the tray with cosmos seedlings, because some are getting too tall. One more of the cosmos seeds in the paper towel/ziploc thing sprouted. I took all the unsprouted seeds and sprinkled them on top of the soil in the remaining cells I had reserved for cosmos. We’ll see if any sprout.

P3110005.JPGThe Salvia nemorosa are very slow in growing leaves. A few of them are so tiny and are losing their green color — turning dark — and I don’t know if they’ll make it. The new seeds I gathered last week aren’t doing much. A few had sprouted earlier, but the remaining ones haven’t produced a root since perhaps four days ago.

P3110003.jpgThe coreopsis seedlings are coming along well. Slow, but healthy. Some of their cells may be too wet from the original soaking I did with them.

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