Today, I found some komatsuna and lettuce seedlings already showing enough strength. I plant them last Saturday afternoon and the first ones started poking out from the soil the morning of Wednesday. I'm very surprised they sprouted so fast, I thought they will take at least until next week.
I am planning on letting them a bit longer on the coldbag, until they get some more strength. Although not much because they are already fairly tall. I don't want them to reach the top of the bag and get hurt.
The only ones left to come out are the chives. I wonder if they will come out at all, because their season has been over for a while. I'll keep my hopes high though.
Also here is a picture of the pumpkin seeds I will try next year. I took them out of a little pumpkin I carved for Halloween. I have no idea if the seeds are viable. Sometimes the products they sell are hybrids, so even if they do sprout and grow into a full plant, I have no idea if they will give any new pumpkins at all. It is going to be a fun experiment.
For now, there is only step one, letting the seeds dry, then store them on one of my seed jars until next year. I hope they succeed.
The first sprouts from my coldbag!
I am planning on letting them a bit longer on the coldbag, until they get some more strength. Although not much because they are already fairly tall. I don't want them to reach the top of the bag and get hurt.
Komatsuna is so easy to grow, and very tasty too
The only ones left to come out are the chives. I wonder if they will come out at all, because their season has been over for a while. I'll keep my hopes high though.
Komatsuna and lettuce seedlings
Also here is a picture of the pumpkin seeds I will try next year. I took them out of a little pumpkin I carved for Halloween. I have no idea if the seeds are viable. Sometimes the products they sell are hybrids, so even if they do sprout and grow into a full plant, I have no idea if they will give any new pumpkins at all. It is going to be a fun experiment.
My pumpkin seeds drying with the sun
For now, there is only step one, letting the seeds dry, then store them on one of my seed jars until next year. I hope they succeed.
Your ideas are really cute and functional and workable, just like almost anything from Japan :)
ReplyDeleteSo fun to watch seeds sprout! I just love your enthusiasm ;-)
ReplyDeleteYour seedlings are loving that cold bag :) A very clever and ingenious idea
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The seeds obviously responded to the care and love you have lavished upon them! Let's hope they continue to thrive. Like kids, they will get more demanding as they become "teenagers" and before long you will have to provide them with a new home.
ReplyDeleteI love to watch the seed grow, it is a fun experience.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the pumpkin seeds.
What a great idea and I love that pumpkin photo. He looks so happy and proud to see his offspring.
ReplyDeleteYou are wonderfully inventive! I agree with the Whimsical Gardener- I love your enthusiasm!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! Your ingenuity with that cold bag finally pays off!
ReplyDeleteWhat do you plan on doing with your seedlings once they're bigger? Is it warm enough where you are to let them continue to grow outside?
ReplyDeleteGlad to see that the coldbag works. Love your pumpkin.
ReplyDeleteWell done on getting the seeds to sprout - Now you need to invent a little light to pop inside so that the shoots don't grow too leggy - there's a nice little challenge for you!
ReplyDeletesamukunattemo korekara seedlings gambattene! Those seeds really love your cold bag popping up very early.
ReplyDeleteGood Work! Don't you love it when things work! Your seedlings are probably a bit tall because there is not enough light - Green Lane Allotments has a good point, you may need more light on them!
ReplyDeleteI have not heard of komatsuna. How do you use it?>?
ReplyDeleteIt's work! Congrats...I can't wait your next post about this topic.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
ReplyDeleteI hope they continue to grow well. I love the idea of a inside light. I think i can try to set some kind of light source for them. I just need to see how to plug it in.
Fern~ the weather here is still not that cold, as soon as they get second leafs I am putting them on my big vegetable planter outside.
Rosey~ Komatsuna is a japanese vegetable, very similar to spinach, but with a slight mustard flavor, specially on older leaves. Good both raw or cooked.
The idea of a pumpkin vine with pumpkins growing in your little garden is something worth waiting for. You will have to engineer something special to allow for the growth.
ReplyDeleteI a m glad this works for you. :)
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness fer ! you have seedlings popping up and saying hello to you : )
ReplyDeleteI love your little pumpkin .. it is perfect and I am sure those seeds will work out very nicely indeed : )
Joy
Love the cold bags. Have to check them out for our seeding here in our Charleston, SC garden
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments
ReplyDeleteOh and the chives started coming up today!
I was looking through your older posts and I think this Jack-o-Lantern is so cute.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to ask if you'd submit your new strawberry post for the blog carnival I started? It would be perfect!
Blog Carnival:
http://www.appalachianfeet.com/2010/11/12/how-to-join-the-new-blog-carnival-called-how-to-find-great-plants/
Congrats on your coldbags, it's a very good idea and for only 100Yen :)
ReplyDeletefer, I was in a 3 day seminar with Panos Manikis who is a Greek nature farmer (inspired by Masanobu Fukuoka). He said NEVER dry out the seeds under sun. Just wanted to share it with you.
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