HippyInEngland
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Hi Guys, I've been badgered into do this, so here it is.
A little bit of a story to let you know how this happened...I had a buddy round in mid February and we got chatting about the viability of old seeds, we were standing in my garage smoking and I showed my buddy my old seeds, he handled them and gave them back and we went back into my house, 2 days later I went into my garage for something and the beer I had been drinking with my buddy was still on the side half empty, I picked it up and it had a seed in it and it had germinated!
I put the seed into a pot I had on my patio that had pansies in and forgot about it because we have snow, frosts and rain in a cold England so I expected it to die because it germed 10 weeks early.
Here are the results so far......
All purpose potting compost.
NPK 6-5-5 nutes (1/3 strength)
Picture 1 - The seed breaking surface with the seed shell still attached.
Picture 2 - Yellow bent and struggling to live, 3 days old.
Picture 3 - I couldnt help myself, I gave it some protection from the cold.
Picture 4 - Close up 5 days old.
Picture 5 - 12 days now moved into a little pot.
Picture 6 - 12 days from the side view.
Picture 7 - I realised the plant MAY survive so I had to tidy my greenhouse out.
Picture 8 - My grow area.
A little bit of a story to let you know how this happened...I had a buddy round in mid February and we got chatting about the viability of old seeds, we were standing in my garage smoking and I showed my buddy my old seeds, he handled them and gave them back and we went back into my house, 2 days later I went into my garage for something and the beer I had been drinking with my buddy was still on the side half empty, I picked it up and it had a seed in it and it had germinated!
I put the seed into a pot I had on my patio that had pansies in and forgot about it because we have snow, frosts and rain in a cold England so I expected it to die because it germed 10 weeks early.
Here are the results so far......
All purpose potting compost.
NPK 6-5-5 nutes (1/3 strength)
Picture 1 - The seed breaking surface with the seed shell still attached.
Picture 2 - Yellow bent and struggling to live, 3 days old.
Picture 3 - I couldnt help myself, I gave it some protection from the cold.
Picture 4 - Close up 5 days old.
Picture 5 - 12 days now moved into a little pot.
Picture 6 - 12 days from the side view.
Picture 7 - I realised the plant MAY survive so I had to tidy my greenhouse out.
Picture 8 - My grow area.