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Seedlings--The Pictures
Jan 22, 2008 | 8:43 PM PST
Tags: seedlings , seeds

As promised, here are some pics of my seedlings and makeshift light stands.  

 

This is some grass that I grew indoors for my cat.  I got the idea when I saw seeds in a catalog for "cat grass".  It said that cats need a certain amout of vegetation to aid digestion.  And after my cat ate 3 small Malva Zebrina plants to death, I decided to grow some grass for him.  He isn't much interested in the grass, but my dog ate some from one of the pots when she had an upset tummy, so it wasn't a total waste.  

Leek seeds on the windowsill... haven't yet germinated.    

 

An assortment of pots and seeds.  Some have seeds or seedlings in them, some are still waiting.

  

 

From left to right... Balloon Flower seedlings, Blue Flax seedlings, and two 3 month old Coleus plants.  

 

From left to right... Larkspur seedlings, a 6-pack of Hollyhock seedlings, a 4 week old daylily in the white pot, you can't really see it in the picture, but it's there, I promise, and two 1 1/2 month old Hollyhocks.

    

Some of you may be wondering why I'm starting seeds so early here in chilly zone 6b.  Well... I have my reasons, no, really, I do.  For one thing, I'm hoping that some of my perennials will flower this year.  I'm even secretly dreaming that my foxgloves will bloom this summer, though being biennials, that is very unlikely.  Another reason, some--not all--of the seeds that I'm starting are said to take anywhere from a few weeks to months to germinate.  So, if they do take that long, then I may only have one or two sets of true leaves on them by the time Spring rolls around, even though starting them so early.  With the annuals, I'm hoping to get a full summer's worth of flowers out of them, so I guess I'm erring on the side of having too many big plants to deal with indoors rather than having them bloom only to be killed by a frost a little while later.  So... that's my story, and I'm stickin' to it. ;)