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What's the Story, Morning Glory?
Mar. 30th, 2020 12:47 pmTemperatures here are supposed to give us a break later this week, maybe even to the point of being able to open the windows for a few days. Once that comes around I have some gardening chores to take care of, and Fox is going to continue working on the space we're clearing for solar panels, though obviously getting estimates and talking to contractors is out of the question right now.
I found seed packets I'd saved that I'm going to try to start. They're old seeds that Kitty apparently brought from Colorado, so I have no idea if they'll germinate or not. One is of Morning Glory, and another is Four O'Clocks, and I believe she told me the Four O'Clocks were from a "hundred year old" plant. Which isn't true, since in Colorado they'd be annuals, but I can certainly see a healthy plant re-seeding and coming back up year after year. In this sub-tropical climate they might be perenials, but even if they aren't it should be easy to save the seed over the winter.
In the interest of doing things properly, I bought another one of those plastic "Jiffy" greenhouses and more seed starting mix. I found that the Ace Hardware in Keystone has curbside pickup, so you order online and pay, then just go pick it up. I was looking around in the garage and while I had a small amount of peat moss, I didn't exactly have a lot of starting mix, and seeds do seem to like that fluffy, well-draining stuff.
If all goes well I'll also have plenty of pie pumpkins this fall. I'm trying to germinate the Seminole pumpkins in peat pots, but I may have better luck with direct sowing, and I'm probably going to try both methods. I mean, what's the worst that happens, I have more pumpkins? Oh no. :D
I found seed packets I'd saved that I'm going to try to start. They're old seeds that Kitty apparently brought from Colorado, so I have no idea if they'll germinate or not. One is of Morning Glory, and another is Four O'Clocks, and I believe she told me the Four O'Clocks were from a "hundred year old" plant. Which isn't true, since in Colorado they'd be annuals, but I can certainly see a healthy plant re-seeding and coming back up year after year. In this sub-tropical climate they might be perenials, but even if they aren't it should be easy to save the seed over the winter.
In the interest of doing things properly, I bought another one of those plastic "Jiffy" greenhouses and more seed starting mix. I found that the Ace Hardware in Keystone has curbside pickup, so you order online and pay, then just go pick it up. I was looking around in the garage and while I had a small amount of peat moss, I didn't exactly have a lot of starting mix, and seeds do seem to like that fluffy, well-draining stuff.
If all goes well I'll also have plenty of pie pumpkins this fall. I'm trying to germinate the Seminole pumpkins in peat pots, but I may have better luck with direct sowing, and I'm probably going to try both methods. I mean, what's the worst that happens, I have more pumpkins? Oh no. :D
