Sunday, February 12, 2012

First Sprouts of the Season

Can spring be far behind?
Last week I sowed six cups with 'Ambition' shallots.  The seeds were from 2011 and never planted.  Knowing onion seeds have a limited shelf life I sowed the six cups as a experiment.  One week later each cup has sprouted so I sowed 12 more today.

'Ambition' shallot seedlings.
We are finally getting a real taste of winter.  High today was 25 deg Fahrenheit with a wind chill of 12 deg.  Thankfully this will only last through tomorrow.  After this very mild winter it will be galling if that groundhog turns out to be right.

3 comments:

  1. We had 50F today, so my seedlings went outside for some daylight. I'm sure the balmy weather is short lived, but I'll take what I can get! My second container of onions never did sprout a single seedling, so I'll be replanting it with something else, or make soil blocks from the potting mix. The complete lack of germination is a real mystery.

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  2. It's been quite cold here too! I think that it reached 31 today and will be cold & windy again tomorrow.

    It looks like your experiment is a success so far. I finally got around to sowing some seeds myself today.

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  3. Granny, we should be back into the 50's later in the week. Your onion's non germination is a puzzler. Still can't come up with a reason.

    Robin, I normally don't start amything till March, but reading everyone elses posts about their seedlings got me going. Now we'll see if the pansy seeds from 2005 sprout.

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