So, most of my pansy cuttings are still alive, and some of them starting to bloom. Not a single root has emerged from their grow sponges... But I've noticed that before. Pansies detest getting their toes wet. So - potted them up and turned back on the seedling lights for summer. Fingers crossed... I want these pansies to survive to fall / winter!
2009-03-28: It's Spring!!! I'm amazed! The two week forecast calls for nothing below 31°, with daytime highs ranging 49-60°, and my spring seedlings are hardened and ready!
2009-01-08:started 26 pansies indoors in handmade newspaper pots, to set out in March / April, depending. Pansies laugh at frost - some of my fall pansies are still blooming in January.
This is a collector topic for my 2009 outdoor gardens. No, I'm in Zone 6, so nothing's getting planted outside now, in January. Though, believe it or not, my pansies are still blooming outdoors... But, there are seeds to start, so...
This is a continuation of the toy choi & flower cuttings - I ate the toy choi. They aren't cut and come again - you harvest them whole at age ~30 days. But the flower cutting garden went on all summer. The phlox were happy.
I planted these right before going on vacation - toy choi (a 5" pak choi) to the left, and cuttings from my Pandora's Box pansy (grown from seed and planted outside) and twinkle phlox (from my
The two week forecast calls for nothing below 31°, with daytime highs ranging 49-60°, and my spring seedlings are hardened and ready!
Though, believe it or not, my pansies are still blooming outdoors... But, there are seeds to start, so...
They aren't cut and come again - you harvest them whole at age ~30 days. But the flower cutting garden went on all summer. The phlox were happy.
