Dwarf Jewel Mix Nasturtium & Black Susan Vine - TERMINATED

[Sher]

Machine: Bounty Basic

Seeds: Nasturtium

Variety: Dwarf Jewel Mix

Vendor: Baker Creek

Seeds per Pod: 1

Sponges: Park Seed

These will have plenty of room to sprawl where this machine is. I don't know if the dwarfs climb, but a trellis is available, just in case.

[Sher]

I decided to add a Black Susan vine to climb the trellis. It will need supplemental lighting.

I will wait until I see what colors the flowers are, then choose which nasturtium to keep.

It will be a crowded Bounty, but they are all light feeders, so maybe the roots won't be massive.

[Shawn]

I am interested in seeing the Nasturtium grow.  We had a GAL a while back that I had supplied all the seeds but they were all a bust.  I had tons of leaves but no flowers.  Different vendor and different variety of course.

[Sher]

I hope these turn out. I have never grown them before because our summers are too hot and humid for them.

I read that they like poor soil and that too much fetilizer, especially nitrogen, will make them grow all leaves and no flowers. So I will try to figure out what to do with them.

[Sher]

Not a hint of germnation yet. I'll give them 21 days. If they are not up by then, I'll move on to something else.

[Sher]

It has been 3 weeks. Nasturtiums are supposed to be up in one or two weeks depending on how the seeds were prepared.

And the Black Eyed Susan vine takes "a long time" to germinate. I didn't realize that when I planted it.

So I plan to clean the Bounty today and put Bright Lights Swiss Chard in it instead.

[Shawn]

I am getting frustrated with my flowers too.  I will post them in my garden in a bit.

[Sher]

My flower seeds from Seeds 'n Such are taking forever to ship. When they get here, I am planning to put Celosia Coxcomb in my new Harvest Elite.