Karen - do you want the tomato seeds I harvested from my grape tomato and Stupice fruit last year? I've got about 3 trades' worth I could send you. I accidentally spilled them on my desk so they may be mixed together but once they take off, you'll know which is which--the grape tomatoes (from Diane's Flower Seeds) grew 9 ft. tall last year. I think the seaweed extract/worm poop tea I fed them might have been part of the reason they grew so tall. Anyway, they're yours for postage.

Im super excited for you, but if i dont see any sprouts by the end of this week , im going to pull my hair out! Its killing me!!! Ive never grown lavateras, but did sow some seeds for it. I cant wait to see them grow up!

congrats shasta! Your jugs look so nice and neat and I must mention that when looking at your new lasagna bed it finally hit me about how to make the edge nice and neat! duh!! I like the nice trench that you dug to separate the bed from the grass. (I got my first sprouts yesterday! :) I couldn't look too well as I have a terrible head cold and couldn't bend over very well without feeling like my head was going to explode, but I did manage to see some tiny sprouts in the jug of bachelor buttons!!) YAY

How frustrating!! I am still getting the best results from the Waves that reseeded and volunteered to come back - some are right spectacular! They really do seem to do best for me when they are growing out in the ground in full sun and poorish soil with extremely good drainage. The 4 I bought for hanging baskets on the front porch look puny. In fact, I'm not sure they ARE Wave petunias as they behave just exactly as I remember plan old fashioned petunias doing - leggy growth, floppy flowers that fall off when it rains, constantly in need of deadheading. Can't say I'm all that pleased with 'em. In fact, next year I may go back to plain ol' petunias - more variety in color and they are less expensive. Since Wave petunias are hybrids, are the ones that reseed for me (prolifically!) also Waves or are they reverting to a parent plant? They look just like the ones I bought and planted in 2004 and seem closer to the Wave description than do the new ones.