On Wednesday April 17, I had the great fortune of visiting Pat’s beautiful garden and to my amazement, I saw that pots she was keeping in her “cold frame” were mostly covered in tiny specks of green. Turns out that at this time of the year, a cold frame can turn into a greenhouse of sorts and her pots were thriving from the rise in temperature.
That is when I put out a call to our members to see if there were other signs of seedlings germinating. Just the previous week, I had ran into Maia at the Scarborough Seedy Saturday where I gave away extra germinated seeds from seedling kits I had prepared for a school. Maia sent me pictures of those pots that were growing as well as some of the ones grown with more traditional winter-sowing techniques.
Linda, one of our most prolific growers, also shared pictures of one of her many setups and teeny, tiny seedlings are starting to sprout.
Danielle had pictures of two different sets of seedlings to share, the first being the ones that she is growing at her own house.
Danielle also shared pictures of her project: the communal pots planted by students at Wildwood school for their native plant garden.
Nancy who spoke about her winter-sowing methods for our group a few weeks ago, also shared pictures of her germinating pots.
And our last submission has been from Trixie who shared pictures of her pale corydalis seedlings. Well done to all!
So, to be honest with you, I didn’t think I would have any pictures to share on this post until I decided to pull out all my pots for closer inspection, and I found some tiny sprouts.
As soon as I saw the germination in some pots, I took off the roll of fencing that I drape in the front of my shelf and stapled on some thick plastic drop cloths to create a bit of a greenhouse. I have a layer of plastic that covers the top and comes down a bit on the sides as well as two other plastic sheets that start from each side and are held in place by clamps to create flaps.
This is the time to begin checking your pots regularly to make sure they don’t dry out, warm them up if you can and watch them grow. Happy growing!
