I dont grow flowers very much.. just start them off for the yard.
Those Sunflowers create one hell of a site at 8-9 feet tall and those Butterfly bushes rock. I hadnt ever seen them until I moved to NJ and both of my bushes averaged 20-50 butterflies during daylight hours. The Bats would swoop in around dusk for a meal while I sat in the yard and watched.. it was a pretty kickass show to say the least. I also managed to harvest some seeds from day lilies that were in the yard when we moved here in July.. They are just now breaking soil. Bring on the frost free nights..woohoo

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Day Lilies @ 4 days in damp dark towl and 6 days in soil / coco coir mix. There are 3 breaking the surface and the others cant be far behind.

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Thanks for all the replies. Looks like i need to get more light until spring arrives G' Luck to all this year.

Hank.

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I recently found Park Seeds and love them! I have the 60 cell bio-dome and ordered the Whopper for clones. I am growing Thai Basil and Thai chilis among other things.

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I will not, do not plan to, grow anything illegal. Yo mama.

I am just getting things ready. I too like the sunflowers for prettiness. They look awesome with artichokes if you let them flower. It gives a great combo of yellow and purple - beautiful! I am really into a tomato called "Sun Gold." They are a small tomato (like a Sweet 100 or Cherry) and they turn a yellow/red color. The finished product is so sweet! I also grow green beans - they make a nice back drop - bell peppers, onions, squash, zucchini..I could go on and on...Go Garden!

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I have never grown Sunflowers before but had many as they are many where I was born and spent a good portion of my life. The matos rock, I havent ever tried the sugurys I ordered, but it says they are the sweetest of them all so we will see. I'm fired up about spring getting here. I think we all are at this time of year.. just moved from Houston..lol.. where its spring and summer and spring and summer again.. atleast our 10" of snow is melting off.

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i actualy have thought about starting a bonsai tree and grow it for the rest of my life

they are super kewl, but I would reccomend finding a free or cheap class on training them. I hear you can get those wicked african trees and make them bansi's

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Got my Park Seed Order yesterday with the exception of the Strawberries that are to ship in the spring. I have a couple comments to share on the items here:


6456 Park's Original Bio Dome with 40 Jumbo Cells- $21.95

If you buy the above biodome, take the term Jumbo with a grain of salt. I should have bought the Whopper. The Jumbo cells are only longer than your typical round starter plug by about 1/2". In fact I think to avoid paying proprietary prices for there refill plugs, I will remove 1/2" from the foam insert to allow the water to get to the typical plug. Other than that, it did manage to fit down inside of my seed / clone box I build so I lined the Reflective white inside of the box with Mylar for greater efficiency of my 65w CFL.


0348 Butterfly Bush Mix Seeds - $2.75

So these being new to me were the first to go into the bio dome I removed all but the center most 18 plugs and open the Butterfly Bush seed packet to find what has always been intimidating to me.. fricking microscopic seeds.
LOL.. I had to get a pair of tweezers and even then was holding my breath as I placed 2 on top of each cube. My hands are of average size, but trying to handle these seeds was very tricky. Guess I need one of the air puff seed dispensers.

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My free gift turned out to be Cucumbers.. last time I tried these I had some real beauties. Pick them and they tasted like poison.. I thought I was going to puke the cuke.. I will take these seeds and throw them around some clearings in the woods and let them take their chances like what I plan on doing with all my winter time collected cantaloupe, butternut and spaghetti squash seeds.

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