The fall planting season is upon us and I have BIG plans. I purchased 472 bulbs in a blind buying orgy in May and they have all arrived. They are crowding out everything else in the refrigerator as I wait for the weather to cool down enough to plant fall bulbs. An expert at a neighborhood nursery told me that I should wait until after Thanksgiving (jaw drop). I told her that my husband would kick me in the face if I told him that those 472 bulbs would displace food in our refrigerator for another 6 weeks. She looked uncomfortable. Oh I'm sorry ma'am, our banter hasn't progressed enough for you to realize that I use "kick in the face" all the time for "will be mildly annoyed". I know, wildly inappropriate.
ANYWAY, this post is about indoor plants. I am trying 2 new indoor plants: pumpkins and paperwhites. I bought the Buzzy pumpkin quick start packet in the $1 aisle at Target. It included 5 pumpkin seeds and a soil pellet. You start the seeds right in the bag on your counter! I didn't believe it would work, but how could I resist for only $1? Well shut my mouth and call me Nelly if those seeds didn't start to sprout in 4 days!!
4 days after planting (aerial view):
4 days after planting (front view):
8 days after planting:
On the 8th day I transferred them to a larger pot. Check out the root system that grew inside the bag!
Yippers! Nelly!
I have also become enticed by the promise of paperwhite daffodils ("narcissus" for the horticulturist in you). They are bulbs that you can plop in a vase with a bit of water and they'll bloom in 4-6 weeks! We shall see. Here are mine on day 1:
I'll keep you posted.
Happy indoor gardening! It's a heckuva lot easier than breaking through heavy clay with a pickax for hours. More on that later.
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