Planting seeds

[mac78]

I picked up a few packs of perrenials last night. Just wondering if anyone has much luck at planting seeds vs buying the plants. Any tips for seeds?

[airsides]

I start mine indoors and wait until the chance of frost has passed then take them outside!

What did you buy?

[mac78]

I have alyssum, morning glory, zinna. Wow, I did bad.....the packets I picked up were under the "Perrenial" spot......and they are all annuals...Shoot...oh well, I will plant them and see what happens. I didn't check the package too closely. I thought they were perrenials. Will have to pick up some more of the "right" ones.

[RoseMary]

I usually have good luck with seeds. I really prefer to buy the plants so they get blooming faster, but it is expensive to buy a lot of them. I don't mind buying the perinneals as much since they come back year after year.

My main exception on buying annuals is petunias. I love them and always buy the plants. I bought 18 of them last weekend~red, purple, and white.

Airsides, I'd love to do like you and start them early, but my space is so limited in our house that I don't have room:(.

[chyna]

We always start out with the best intentions and then end up with half dead seedlings. :o The room with the best windows happens to also not be heated and that is pretty important here with the funky weather. Case in point, high 70's/low 80's last couple of days and today it is going to snow or at least rain storm (reports from North of us have been blizzard so rain is looking unlikely). Tomatoes turned out to not be as hard as I'd thought to start from seed but it is so much easier to just buy plants. Plus you don't get loads and loads of plants by just buying a 6-pak. :p

[Deb D]

I always start zinnias and morning glories outside after the danger of frost has passed. They don't transplant real well. I buy sweet alyssum plants. some years they reseed for me.

You can start perennials from seed, but they might not bloom the first year.