Tuesday, March 10, 2009

It's Almost Spring in Alaska!
Tuesday, March 10th

In some ways this is my favorite time of the year: The days are getting longer, it is light when I go to work, and the stores are stocking up with plants. Talking of plants, I bought at Costco one of my favorite Oriental Lilies, Dizzy, and the eye-catching Dahlia, Pooh, plus some Suncrest lilies and Eryngium.

As to delphiniums about 800 have been seeded. Some are in 10 inch pots; others were started using plastic salad trays and damp paper towels. As the seeds germinate they are put into a seed tray. In this way, you should have as eedling in each cell in the seed tray and no wasted space or space due to the erratic germination that some delphinium seeds exhibit(probably due to old seeds or ones that have not been stored in a fridge). Moreover, I attempted propagating lilies by scale divisions.

I also started 3 Aerogardens, 2 with herbs and one with seeds. Using the polystyrene seed tray, means I had to remove the top that activates the pump. To remedy this I hooked up an aquarium pump with an airstone. Unfortunately, it is way too powerful and the bubbles overflow. Anyway, I will see how the seeds compare to others started in potting soil.

Here are the seeds started so far:

February 28
1 Tray Lavatera Mont Blanc
1 Tray Stocks - White
1 Tray Nicotiana - Alata

800 or so delphinium seeds(mostly blues with some cream, lavender, purple, and cranberry colors

March 1 1/2 Tray Lauren's Grape Poppy
1/2 Tray Love Lies Bleeding
1/2 Tray Karma Blue Pansy
1/2 Tray Salpiglossus Kew Blue
1/2 Tray Calceolaria Cinderella Mix
1/2 Tray Nicotiana - Perfume Blue

March 7 1/2 Tray Malva Sylvestris
1/2 Tray Papaver Ohh La La
1 Tray Calceolaria Fothergillii
1 Tray Stocks-Lavender
1 Tray Snaps Wild Salmon

March 8 1/2 Tray Lavatera Pink Beauty
1/2 Tray Pansy Orchid Desire
1/4 Tray Pansy Cornish Rose
1/4 Tray Pansy Darjeeling Ruby
1/2 Tray Snaps Elegance Bronze
1/2 Tray Perennial Stock
1/2 Tray Cheiranthus Cheiri
1/2 Tray Salpiglossus Peacock Flame
1/2 Tray Stocks Sugar n Spice

Aerograden Seeds:

Cardoons
Viburnum farreii
Viburnum carlesii
Cestrum nocturn
Murraya paniculata
Anise
Amaranthus caudatus
Centaurea hydrocephala

Also Started:

Globe basil
Agastche - Apricot Sprite
Dracocephalum Tanguticum
Eryngium Miss Willmott's Ghost
Eryngium Superbum
Eryngium Blue Glitter
Eryngium Silver Ghost
Knipfofia Tritoma
Primula Gold Lace
Primula Silver Lace
Primula
Penstemon Hot Lips
Penstemon Sweet Lips





 
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