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Branching Out
Deeply Rooted
Baker Creek has this lovely habit of sending a *free* bonus packet of seeds with each order, and I am always curious to see which seeds they include. The last parcel had Yedikule, an ancient lettuce of Constantinople that is new to me and that has an intriguing story: https://www.rareseeds.com/lettuce-y...5XFtPHywiwgy-p2qe82uRnLKVSCwb_fhoCAQoQAvD_BwE
This seems like a worthy candidate for seed saving and sharing, so I started some of the seeds on vermiculite right away. They germinated well, and are ready to prick out after just one week.
I had also placed some 'Cut and Come Again' mix zinnia seeds under a damp paper towel in the fridge to hydrate five days ago, and I was very surprised to see that they had in fact begun to sprout. In the fridge. Wow. That seeds of this heat-loving annual would germinate rapidly in a cold fridge seems rather puzzling (and just plain wrong!) Is it possible that zinnias need heat to grow and bloom, but prefer cold and damp to germinate? I want to try this trick again, so there are now three more little cups of zinnia seeds in the fridge.
This seems like a worthy candidate for seed saving and sharing, so I started some of the seeds on vermiculite right away. They germinated well, and are ready to prick out after just one week.
I had also placed some 'Cut and Come Again' mix zinnia seeds under a damp paper towel in the fridge to hydrate five days ago, and I was very surprised to see that they had in fact begun to sprout. In the fridge. Wow. That seeds of this heat-loving annual would germinate rapidly in a cold fridge seems rather puzzling (and just plain wrong!) Is it possible that zinnias need heat to grow and bloom, but prefer cold and damp to germinate? I want to try this trick again, so there are now three more little cups of zinnia seeds in the fridge.
