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Does anybody here winter sow? (Original Post) ellenrr Oct 2013 OP
Not quite the same, but I plant garlic any time between Thanksgiving and Christmas. enough Oct 2013 #1
yes NJCher Oct 2013 #2
I'm going to start making those gallon jug terrariums. Gormy Cuss Oct 2013 #3
I told my landlord what they were, to make sure they don't get tossed in the garbage! ellenrr Oct 2013 #4

enough

(13,454 posts)
1. Not quite the same, but I plant garlic any time between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Sat Oct 26, 2013, 10:54 AM
Oct 2013

Winter sowing sounds interesting. Will look into it, thanks.

NJCher

(37,868 posts)
2. yes
Sat Oct 26, 2013, 11:50 AM
Oct 2013

I used to winter sow all the time and hung around that forum for years.

It works! Two things to take into consideration, though:

1) you need a sunny but out of the way place to store all your containers. When I was on that forum, a number of members had complaints from the neighbors, homeowner's associations, etc. That is because all those containers are an unsightly mess.


2) Patience. You would be absolutely amazed at how long it takes some seeds to come up.

But still, it's fun and I would encourage you to try it.

Cher

ellenrr

(3,864 posts)
4. I told my landlord what they were, to make sure they don't get tossed in the garbage!
Sat Oct 26, 2013, 04:41 PM
Oct 2013

and yes I think it is a brilliant simple idea.

I never had success growing from seed, now I have so much success, I always have more plants than I can handle and give them away.

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