It is the first nasturtium I've been able to sprout since I've been doing soil-free growing. After four unsuccessful attempts to get nasturtium seeds to sprout in the AeroGarden, I sprouted this one in the Sproutman's hemp bag instead, after nicking the sides of a handful of seeds and soaking them for a few hours. All of the seeds sprouted in just a few days in the hemp bag.
In this experiment, I have put one seedling in the MiracleGro Moisture Control potting mix and the other in open-cell foam in the AeroGarden.
Although I gave up on trying to sprout these in the AG, I'm still interested to see if the seedlings will grow in one. However, if memory serves, these do not like a lot of feeding, so I should grow them alongside herbs rather than other flowers.
The lantana clones I blogged about recently looked like they were ready to be transferred from soil-less medium into dirt today, too. Here is one that I grew from an end cutting with just two leaves on it, rooted in water.
At the right are the two original leaves, which I cut off and set aside, all of those still on the plant being new growth.
It took about one month for this plant to take root and then begin to flourish. It seems to me that most new plants I grow either from seeds or cuttings have a little growth spurt after about three weeks.
