We've had below freezing temperatures the last few nights so I covered everything, including my sprouting winter sown containers. As far as I can tell, everything survived just fine.
Here's a list of what I winter sowed this week...
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| Winter sown containers |
- Cinnamon Basil
- Lemon Basil
- Sweet Basil
- Coleus
- Scarlet Queen Zinnia
- Zinnia mix
- Candy Cane Zinnia
- Oklahoma Pink Zinnia
- Polar Bear Zinnia
- Purple Basil
That's 10 more containers for me, making my total for this season 143. I think I'm done, but there may be a few more stragglers. We'll see.
At this point, most of my containers are sprouting.
| Sprouting winter sown containers |
- Cherry tomato
- Early Girl tomato
- Tomitillo
- Marigolds
- Sunflowers
- Celosea
- Peppermint
- Peppers
The winter sowing FREE seed giveaway has been a huge hit this year! Thank you for playing along, it's been a ton of fun. The number of containers sown by you so far is 677!
I have one more drawing to do! I'll be doing the last drawing for FREE seeds this Monday, April 16th. That will give you through the weekend to get those seeds sown. You have until 5pm CST, Monday April 16th to enter your name for the last drawing (you can post your counts/entries in the comments below). I will choose a winner via random.org and announce the winner next week.
| FREE seeds to one lucky winner! |
Keep those blog posts and container counts coming! There are several ways you can win (even if you're not winter sowing) -- read this blog post for more details... Free Seed Giveaway
In case you missed them, here are links to my previous winter sowing status reports:
Winter Sowing Status Report #1
Winter Sowing Status Report #2
Winter Sowing Status Report #3
Winter Sowing Status Report #4
Winter Sowing Status Report #5
Winter Sowing Status Report #6

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