-Or something like that…
The lupin seedlings have now started breaking through the soil, and obviously I’m terribly excited about this!
-Apart from anything, this means that when my husband comes to Denmark on Sunday there will be an obvious defence for why there are trays of compost in the windows in the dining room: “But LOOK! There are things GROWING!”
I do, though, have one problem. I THINK these seeds are Lupinus mutabilis, an annual scented lupin, but then they might be mixed in with perennial lupins, since I did a rather poor job at labelling my seed envelopes. Must do better this year!
But of course I love all lupins so it doesn’t matter too much; it just makes it slightly more tricky to plan where these should be planted. (Will they be there just for one year or will they be perennial? Will they be white/pale blue or will they be dark purple?)
You may notice that this picture doesn’t show one of those plastic boxes I bough for seed-sowing because miniature greenhouses were so expensive… Well, it turned out that my local supermarket suddenly decided to have small 18-unit “miniature greenhouses” for DKK 30 a piece (just around 5 USD), so I purchased two of those and will do a comparison to see what works the best. The quality is decidedly so-so, but it might be good enough to last a few years and the size means that I should be able to transport them up to the garden without problems.
IEK!!! This is exciting!!! Can I please skip work and just stay at home and watch my seedlings? (Okay, I can’t. I get it. I’ll hit the shower and get going, then.)
I found my first antirrhinum seed had germinated this morning. There are few things that can beat the excitement of new seeds emerging. Seed trays are slowly colonising my window sills too. I’ve got celeriac in the study, potatoes chitting in the spare bedroom and a variety flower seeds in the kitchen. Things will start to be a bit chaotic between now and mid May as I try to juggle lots of different plants all at different stages of growth.
Tell me about it! In the apartment I’m keeping the library cool to slowly wake up dahlia tubers from dormancy, and the dining room warm for germinating seed. And then of course there are forsythia and dogwood cuttings scattered throughout the apartment.
(I mustn’t start growing more seedlings than I can transport up to the garden, though; it would be a shame to let them grow lanky and pasty by leaving them inside for too long in too little soil.)
I would rather stay home too and watch the seedlings grow. I have native lupines I sowed in my meadow. I love them…can’t wait to see your flower!!
When I get home to the apartment it will be 36 hours since I left them… It’ll be exciting to see what they can do in that time!
Sadly, though, my husband objects to long grass, si my lupins will have to grow in more “formal” beds. (Mind you, I have a scheming plan up my sleeve…)
I love Lupines, both wild and cultivated. The wild ones grow nicely, but the cultivated ones are rarely happy in our clay soils. They return, but not reliably. It will be nice to move yours outside soon, both for them and your husband. LOL.
I think it’s actually the annual scented one that I have sown, since it was an unmarked envelope and this weekend I found another envelope clearly labelled “blue lupins”, so those will be the seeds harvested from the side of the main road.
I will either get them out into the garden next weekend or the weekend after, sort of depending on how they look on Thursdag.
I agree, there is nothing more exciting than emerging seedlings, I can stay home all day and watch them till my hearts content. Downside is you generally have to be old before this becomes possible.
I suspect that at 33, my retirement is still some years out in the future, but at least I can check on them daily and get a thrill out of that.