My first seedling has sprouted!
By nancyrowina
@nancyrowina (3850)
February 20, 2009 2:49pm CST
The picture is very blurry (it's so small I has to get really close with the camera) but you can see my first seedling in the picture attached.It is a chilli plant of an Italian variety called "Satan's Kiss", which despite the name apparently produces chilli's that are only medium hot. I was relieved actually I was worried I had planted the seeds too deep and they were just rotting, but if this ones sprouted hopefully the others will follow over the next couple of days.
Today I also sowed some tomato seeds as we have some grow bags to fill, I've sown 2 varieties "Tumbling Tom" a dwarf variety you can grow in containers or hanging baskets or even indoors, and an outdoor one called "Gardeners Delight." hopefully they will start sprouting after about 7 days. I know it's only early but I'm going to keep the plants indoors until the weather clears up. What have you sown so far? or what are you planning to sow soon?
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@UK_Shree (3603)
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20 Feb 09
Oh wow, I'm really pleased for you! I know exactly how proud you must be feeling right now. It is so satisfying growing plants, especially when they are grown from seed. We grow tomatoes at home every year, I'm not sure of the variety to be honest. We usually do really well, not last year though as it rained way too much and ruined the crops. We didn't get any chillies last year either. This year we are planning on growing aubergines, carrots, tomatoes, lettuce and courgettes!
Good luck with your growing!
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@nancyrowina (3850)
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20 Feb 09
I grow the chilli's indoors or did last year, though I have got some outdoor crops so lets hope the summer isn't a complete wash out again.
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@derek_a (10873)
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21 Feb 09
It is really great growing stuff. And especially rewarding when they start to sprout. As a kid I used to have my own patch in the garden and used to grow strawberries and carrots. I often used to go to my patch and eat them - a carrot first and then a strawberry.
They were often covered in dirt, but I would just brush it off with my hands and eat them anyway. I never had any health problems from doing it, despite being warned by my parents. When I was very young, my friend often ate dirt.. Amazing! 
. Derek
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@nancyrowina (3850)
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21 Feb 09
They reckon it's because we don't let kids eat dirt any more that all these allergies have started. I remember when I was at primary school (only 20 years ago) the box for the inhalers only had about 3 in it, when I worked in a nursery about 4 years ago the box of inhalers had at least 10 in, nearly every kid is asthmatic these days.
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@AmbiePam (120630)
• United States
20 Feb 09
Hey, that's great! I know it is weird to say a plant is cute, but I think the little seedling is cute. 
Seeing something green and growing always makes me a little happy. I thought I was just odd, but reading a psychology pamphelt (for one of my psych classes in college) years ago, it said that having living plants in one's home has been proven to be a mood stabilizer. I found that an odd fact, but pretty cool too.
Seeing something green and growing always makes me a little happy. I thought I was just odd, but reading a psychology pamphelt (for one of my psych classes in college) years ago, it said that having living plants in one's home has been proven to be a mood stabilizer. I found that an odd fact, but pretty cool too.2 people like this
@nancyrowina (3850)
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20 Feb 09
It is pleasing to see a plant grow from a seed you planted, it makes me happy anyway.
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@xParanoiax (6987)
• United States
22 Feb 09
Parsley, dandelions, and chives I've started in pots. My dandelions have started getting bigger as the sun's gotten stronger here in northern ohio.
Soon 'nuff my Mom and I will be starting tomatos and peppers and various assortment of flowers. (Wolfberries, too)
And as soon as we finish ordering our last batch of plants/seeds...we'll be working outside. March marks the begin of the real work! Hoo boy, here comes me worrying over little sprouts.
I really prefer things like dandelions, 'cause they're hard to kill and give me less reason to be a worrywort xD
Hopefully, once it gets warmer the dandies will get BIG and then start to flower so that they can have babies (set to seed) so that I can let loose the fluffy seeds on my yard and start some more in more pots, haha.
Early's good! The more work that can be done nore, indoors, the easier time you'll have for the rest of year ^_^
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@nancyrowina (3850)
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22 Feb 09
That's what I'm hoping, I just hope I have enough pots to put all the plants in.
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
21 Feb 09
My tulips are starting to come up but it's still really cold here to plant anything outside. I'm going to do tomatoes and maybe experiment with a few other veggies. I want to do strawberries this year too. Do you think I should go ahead and start some inside now?
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@nancyrowina (3850)
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21 Feb 09
It is a bit early really it depends how warm it is where you are now, I'm going to keep the chilli's inside and some of the tomatoes. if you have somewhere indoors you could keep the plants until it's warm enough like a conservatory or even a good windowsill it should be OK though.
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@nancyrowina (3850)
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20 Feb 09
It is exciting when this time of year comes and you can think about what you want to grow.
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@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
21 Feb 09
It's still too early here to think about planting anything. If I had a window that got a lot of sun I would start a few things at the end of March, but I don't get enough sun, and so any seedlings would get rather pale and spindly before the ground was warm enough to plant outdoors.
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@nancyrowina (3850)
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21 Feb 09
I'm worried I may have started early on the outdoor crops, but it does get warm here earlier than the rest of the country normally. I just hope it doesn't rain as much as it did last year and wash everything away.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
23 Feb 09
Good for you! I'm going to try my hand at planting seeds too, in fact just started tonight...mainly herbs, like chives, parsley, basil, mint...even hoping that I might have luck with flowers such as daisies, marigolds and dianthus. I planted seeds last year but for some reason just didn't have any luck, but being rather stubborn going to try again. Good luck with your "garden"
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@nancyrowina (3850)
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23 Feb 09
I bought my seeds on ebay and have had some trouble getting them to sprout I'm just hoping the others work, I'm trying not to bury them so deep this time so they don't have to fight so hard to get through the soil.
