The cold in the refrigerator helps them to break dormancy and get a better germination rate. If you didn't do this, you may end up getting some to germinate right away, buy others will not germinate until the next spring.
Why not during the cold of winter, toss the seeds where you'd like to start them. I have some Dietrick's Wild Broccoli and I didn't even plant them. Just tossed the seeds in an open space and they came up the next year.
I bought 5 live Turkish rocket bare roots last March, planted them and lost 4 to snails. One seed I planted came up. I still have both plants. They both grew 6 leaves and never sent up a flower stalk, nothing. They're just these sad little plants. I wish I could have gotten them to grow. I've been trying to get a wild foods garden going so there will always be food in the yard. Even all of my 29 comfrey plants from 2 year roots and root cuttings finally succumbed to the heat. I do not have a green thumb at all. I couldn't grow food to literally save my own life and after 4 years of trying to garden and losing everything year after year, at 63 years old, I'm done. So we eat dandelion, a little nettles, and we have chickens for eggs. We had more than 100 gorgeous potato plants. 6 small potatoes. But I did hear even potato famers lost their crops due to bad seed, but I had both seed potatoes AND organic potatoes in the ground, so I have no idea what happened. I wish I could grow food. We have good compost, not much sun though as we're very wooded, and between the snails in spring and grasshoppers in late summer, and the extreme heat in-between, nothing lives in Kansas expect grass. Unless you want to use herbicides and pesticides which we don't.
Wow, sounds like a tough environment. I've heard that ducks eat snails. I've also used "slugo" in the past and it seems to cut the snail population down. The turkish rocket will send up flower stalks until it is established. It has a long tap root and will work on that before it does any flowering.
@@Greenr0 Thank you. A bit pricey for me. We're using free mineral tubs right now and have decided to just eat the plentiful wild greens that grow here and focus on root veg and tubers.
Good video and useful information. Thanks. I saw only two cotyledons at the "March 11th" picture. Looks like Turkish Rocket is not a crucifer.
Do they like wet soil/bottom watered or dryer soil when in the tray?
Would if you never froze them just planted them.
The cold in the refrigerator helps them to break dormancy and get a better germination rate. If you didn't do this, you may end up getting some to germinate right away, buy others will not germinate until the next spring.
Why not during the cold of winter, toss the seeds where you'd like to start them. I have some Dietrick's Wild Broccoli and I didn't even plant them. Just tossed the seeds in an open space and they came up the next year.
That would work great if you don't have seed "predators" :) I have guineas that will often come behind me and dig in loose soil and eat seeds.
I bought 5 live Turkish rocket bare roots last March, planted them and lost 4 to snails. One seed I planted came up. I still have both plants. They both grew 6 leaves and never sent up a flower stalk, nothing. They're just these sad little plants. I wish I could have gotten them to grow. I've been trying to get a wild foods garden going so there will always be food in the yard. Even all of my 29 comfrey plants from 2 year roots and root cuttings finally succumbed to the heat. I do not have a green thumb at all. I couldn't grow food to literally save my own life and after 4 years of trying to garden and losing everything year after year, at 63 years old, I'm done. So we eat dandelion, a little nettles, and we have chickens for eggs. We had more than 100 gorgeous potato plants. 6 small potatoes. But I did hear even potato famers lost their crops due to bad seed, but I had both seed potatoes AND organic potatoes in the ground, so I have no idea what happened. I wish I could grow food. We have good compost, not much sun though as we're very wooded, and between the snails in spring and grasshoppers in late summer, and the extreme heat in-between, nothing lives in Kansas expect grass. Unless you want to use herbicides and pesticides which we don't.
Wow, sounds like a tough environment. I've heard that ducks eat snails. I've also used "slugo" in the past and it seems to cut the snail population down. The turkish rocket will send up flower stalks until it is established. It has a long tap root and will work on that before it does any flowering.
@@greatescapefarms Good to know. I'll just keep trying to get these two plants to survive. I'm just a better forager than gardener, I guess.
@@sweaterdoll There is nothing wrong with foraging what is already there.
Try self-watering containers for your plants. Many ways of doing them. Look up on youtube.
@@Greenr0 Thank you. A bit pricey for me. We're using free mineral tubs right now and have decided to just eat the plentiful wild greens that grow here and focus on root veg and tubers.