Seeds and Development

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ConeFlower
Purpurea
Planted Feb 27 06		 wpe72.jpg (46812 bytes)
March 27 06		 wpeAD.jpg (319587 bytes) Added seeds into empty cells. May 2 06 day 64 wpe3B.jpg (171892 bytes)
Transplanted May 10 into 4" pots. Roots were into mat of germinator.		 wpe28.jpg (260792 bytes)
June 2 06
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Coreopsis
Sunburst 
Planted Feb 27 06		 wpe74.jpg (59032 bytes)
March 27 06		 wpe1.jpg (56187 bytes)
Transplanted multiples into empty cells.
April 11 06		 wpeAB.jpg (350690 bytes)
Top removed to reduce moisture. 21 surviving.
May 2 06		  
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Coleus Black Dragon
Planted April 4 06		 wpe9D.jpg (47129 bytes)
a very small start.		 wpe6D.jpg (303438 bytes)
After 24 days, 		 wpe6F.jpg (299627 bytes)
out-performing Palisandra on left
April 28 06		 wpe37.jpg (429446 bytes)
Mother's Day plant sale May 10 - 12

see below
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Lychnis (Maltese Cross)
Planted March 31 06		 2 weeks in refrigerator
Removed April 19 06		 wpe5C.jpg (148202 bytes)
2+wks put into Growlab		 wpe20.jpg (398980 bytes)
Off to a very tiny start		 wpe1E.jpg (411343 bytes)
June 2 06 infected with flies. 10-15cm
Black Dragon in East facing indirect window light only. wpeA5.jpg (243616 bytes)
Pruned back to one plant per pellet.
April 28 06		 wpe3D.jpg (128945 bytes)
GrowLab left, window light right - same age.		 wpe20.jpg (170852 bytes)
Palisandra June 2 06		 wpe25.jpg (163324 bytes)
Black Dragon
June 2 06