{"id":13171,"date":"2024-02-27T05:06:03","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T05:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?p=13171"},"modified":"2024-02-27T05:08:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T05:08:58","slug":"greenhouse-cleanup-let-the-seed-starting-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/27\/greenhouse-cleanup-let-the-seed-starting-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenhouse Cleanup — Let the Seed Starting Begin!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The weather was perfect this weekend for some Saturday kayaking and some Sunday gardening. I sorted through the 60+ clivia plants and pulled those with spikes into the display area. Only thirteen spikes were found. There are bound to be a few more as the season warms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One clivia was already blooming\u2013this interspecific hybrid.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A few other plants have February blooms in the greenhouse, including the orchid we call Mom\u2019s Cymbidium that we\u2019ve had in the family for over thirty years now.<\/p>\n\n\n

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And this sad holiday cactus with just one flower open.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I set up a heat tray and lights. I planted a bunch of seeds, including the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Petunia \u201cLavender Sky Blue\u201d<\/td><\/tr>
Viola \u201cJohnny Jump Up\u201d<\/td><\/tr>
Thunbergia \u201cBlack-Eyed Susan\u201d<\/td><\/tr>
Petunia \u201cEasy Wave Burgundy Star\u201d<\/td><\/tr>
Impatiens \u201cAccent Star Mix\u201d<\/td><\/tr>
Viola \u201cYesterday, Today, and Tomorrow\u201d<\/td><\/tr>
Aster \u201cSingle Rainbow Mix\u201d<\/td><\/tr>
Coleus \u201cCoral Candy\u201d<\/td><\/tr>
Viola \u201cSorbet Mix\u201d<\/td><\/tr>
Petunia \u201cTidal Wave Silver\u201d<\/td><\/tr>
Petunia \u201cPurple Wave\u201d<\/td><\/tr>
Petunia \u201cWhite Easy Wave\u201d<\/td><\/tr>
Alpine Strawberry \u201cAlexandria\u201d<\/td><\/tr>
Alpine Strawberry \u201cYellow\u201d<\/td><\/tr>
Red Shiso<\/td><\/tr>
Nicotiana \u201cSensation Mix\u201d<\/td><\/tr>
Petunia \u201cLavender Sky Blue\u201d<\/td><\/tr>
Petunia \u201cLavendar Sky Blue\u201d<\/td><\/tr>
Cosmos \u201cPsyche Mix\u201d<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We are in for some cold weather, but with the thermostat set at 45 degrees and the heat mat raising the soil temperature even more, I think most of these seeds should germinate and grow in the next two weeks. Most are destined for patio pots and to fill in blanks in the memory garden. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I get older, I feel winter\u2019s negative drain more intensely and notice spring\u2019s positive push. This weekend, there was no denying spring is coming. The Pacific wren in our yard has been singing incessantly his beautiful, somewhat desperate song. And the native plant seeds have started to pop up in the pots outside. My mood is lifting a little more every day.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The weather was perfect this weekend for some Saturday kayaking and some Sunday gardening. I sorted through the 60+ clivia plants and pulled those with spikes into the display area. Only thirteen spikes were found. There are bound to be a few more as the season warms. One clivia was already blooming\u2013this interspecific hybrid. A … Continue reading Greenhouse Cleanup — Let the Seed Starting Begin!<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13180,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13171\/revisions\/13180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}