Grow Project, post 6

And, once again, it's the first Sunday of the month. Wow, summer is flying by!

I'm sorry to say that most of the nasties all look rather pitiful.

The WS'd ones pretty much pooped out in the heat even though the pansies made it through looking ok. Hmmm....weird.



The ones started inside and transplanted to containers don't look too bad here and there. Still a bit small, but looking decent.



The one's started in the ground don't look too awful either. Although I only got 50% germination and only one has bloomed so far, these seem to be doing the best of all the methods I tried.





The nasties started in containers outside are another matter - they're very small and they haven't even begun to bloom yet. There's still time.



Since we still have another month and a half left to the growing season here, I won't give up on any of them yet, but honestly, they haven't performed anywhere near as well as I expected they would. Bummer.
I hope everyone else is having better luck with them than I am!

"I'm growing Nasturtium "Spitfire" for the GROW project. Thanks, to Renee's Garden for the seeds."

Grow Project, post 5

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First Sunday of the month, so here is the next Grow Project post.

The ones WS'd in April bloomed at the beginning of June, but they aren't looking so great this month. Of course, it has been rain every other day and only in the 40's to 60's F. I'm hoping they'll get a second wind.


The one's started inside in May are pretty much at a stand still. It's starting to warm up a bit, so they should take off soon.


There was only a 50 percent germination rate on the one's sown directly in the ground and they also haven't done much. Very disappointing :( But, as you can see, they're about the same size as the ones above that are a month older.


The one's started in containers are so-so. Some look nice, but some just aren't looking good at all.




So far, they haven't really done all that well for me no matter what the planting method. I've got my fingers crossed that they'll all pick up soon and surprise me!

"I'm growing Nasturtium "Spitfire" for the GROW project. Thanks, to Renee's Garden for the seeds."
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Grow Project, post 4

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First Sunday of the month, so that means - here is the next GROW Project post.

First, the updates.
The one's I WS'd in April have been transplanted into hanging baskets with the pansies I started from seed. I ended up with 6 out of 10 seeds germinating. They've doubled in size and here is how they look now on June 6th:


Next up are the ones I started inside on May 2nd. 6 out of the 9 I sowed germinated. I'll be transplanting them into pots and flowerbeds here and there around the yard today.


And today I'll also be sowing the last of the seeds - 10 in the huge pots by the pond and the final 10 will go directly in the ground at the edge of my front flowerbed. Hopefully, the germination rates will improve. I guess we'll see! :)

"I'm growing Nasturtium "Spitfire" for the GROW project. Thanks, to Renee's Garden for the seeds."

UPDATE: Two days later, she bloomed!


What - she couldn't do that for the Sunday post date? :) Stinker!

Grow Project, Post 3

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It is the first Sunday of the month, once again, so here's my GROW project update for this month.
As I wrote in earlier posts, I've split the seeds for four separate trials.
This is how the WS'd ones are fairing so far:



Interesting, only 3 out of 10 germinated. I usually get better germination than that for regular nasturtiums, so I'm not sure if it's a result of not waiting long enough and the rest will eventually appear, or if that's going to be all I get. I guess we'll see.

This month's trial will be sowing some (9) in the house under lights. I'll be sowing them today.

Next month will be starting some in large pots and the rest directly in the ground. We'll see how it all goes!

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"I'm growing Nasturtium "Spitfire" for the GROW project. Thanks, to Renee's Garden for the seeds."
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Grow Project 2

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It's the first Sunday of the month, so here is my next post for the 2010 Grow Project.
Last month's post: Grow Project 1

I'm splitting the seeds into 4 different trials. This month it's the WS'd one.

They're snuggled in jugs with their bretheren:



I hope they don't decide to jump the gun too quickly, but if they do, it will give me a good opportunity to observe how they handle it!

"I'm growing Nasturtium "Spitfire" for the GROW project. Thanks, to Renee's Garden for the seeds."
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The Grow Project 1

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It's the first Sunday of the month and although I can't really do anything with the seeds for the 2010 GROW Project yet, I can outline my plans for those seeds, so this will be the first official post.

This is what came in the mail last week:



I've always loved her seed packets. They're A work of art. The other thing I like - all the extra info added on a separate flap on the back of the packets:



I opened the packet and counted the seed amount because I wanted to give these a try in four separate ways: Winter Sown (that'll be next month's post), started inside, sown in containers outside and sown directly into the soil.



There were 39 seeds in the packet, so I'll split three trials into 10 seeds each, 9 for starting inside since that is where I'll have the least amount of room.

This is going to be fun!

Happy (nasturtium) Growing!
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"I'm growing Nasturtium "Spitfire" for the GROW project, thanks to ReneesGarden.com for the seeds."

GROW project

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It's gonna be fun.
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