Jul. 3, 2008 - Outdoor Hour Challenge #19 - Seeds and Germination
We began our nature study today with a quick walk around our "garden". We had a look for flowers we had not seen before and came across these red poppies.
We were especially fascinated by the amount of pollen on the petals and by the brightness of the red petals. The poppy is often thought of as a weed but, from my point of view, a weed is just a plant that's growing in the wrong place!
We picked two of the poppy flowers and added them to our flower press - it was difficult to press these flowers as they have a very large seed pod in the centre. However, we decided to give them a try!
It was then time to try the germination experiment - we began by putting broad bean seeds into plastic bags as described in the instructions. We left them for several days and, sadly, found that they did not show any sign of germinating at all! We'll carry on for a while longer as Littlesmurf would be sorely disappointed if we just gave up at this stage!
We also planted some sunflower seeds (at last!) in pots to see whether they would germinate or not. As you can see.....they did!!!
We shall keep on watering and feeding these new little plants and maybe, eventually plant them in our garden. They are not full-size sunflowers - they are dwarf sunflowers - expected to grow to a height of about 2 feet tall.
We will be doing our next Outdoor Hour Challenge tomorrow if the weather stays fine!
Comments
Jul. 4, 2008 - Wow!
Posted by deedeeuk
This looks great! Glad you are having so much fun with this.
Jul. 7, 2008 - Seeds
Posted by Yolanda
I love how you put rocks around your pots to make them look nice.
Jul. 8, 2008 - Barb-Harmony Art Mom
Posted by Anonymous
Did you soak your beans first? I found that the beans germinated faster if I soaked them in water overnight before putting them into the Ziploc,
Your sunflowers look great!
Barb-Harmony Art Mom
