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Today was probably the busiest out of the entire year for gardening.\u00a0 I planted some more flowers that I needed to get completed and I am planting them a little big sooner than last year.\u00a0 It is only a week earlier, but every day helps in getting a good head start.<\/p>\n

I decided on growing five different flowers today and they are all going on the windowsill instead of fluorescent light.\u00a0 Most of the flowers I used large plastic pots while only one I decided on planted them in shallow peat pots.<\/p>\n

I planted four pots of each flower that I wanted to get started right away this afternoon.\u00a0 I planted calendula, amaranthus, statice, cornflowers, and sunflowers.\u00a0 These flowers were planted in plastic pots while sunflowers were placed in large cups that I have saved throughout the year.<\/p>\n

\"Flowers<\/a><\/p>\n

I was able to fit all of them perfectly next to the window for sunlight.\u00a0 They might take a little bit longer to sprout due to the amount of sunlight they are receiving.\u00a0 The good news is that I don’t need them to sprout real fast as long as they sprout in less than two weeks at the most.<\/p>\n

I also did plant some Queen Anne’s Lace, but I did not use plastic pots for these seeds.\u00a0 I could have used plastic pots for them, but I had some small peat pots that I have had for years and never used them.\u00a0 I thought these containers would be perfect for these flowers.<\/p>\n

These peat pots are much smaller than your average peat pot you can get in the store and are about 1 1\/2 inches.\u00a0 I normally buy three inch peat pots which are great for most plants, but I want to see how I do with these small ones for a flower that can benefit any garden.<\/p>\n

\"Three<\/a><\/p>\n

You can see on the left are the regular three inch pots and on the right are the smaller types that are found in garden shops.<\/p>\n

Along with flowers I also wanted to get my watermelons started so that they will be ready by May 2016.\u00a0 Even if these don’t work I still will have time to plant them directly in the soil.\u00a0 Starting them early is just one of those fruits that needs plenty of time to grow a large and juicy melon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Peat pots are the best for these plants because of sensitive roots transplanting them from a regular pot could harm them or stunt their growth.\u00a0 This way I just throw the pot and all into the soil and won’t have to worry too much about harming their roots.<\/p>\n

I planted two Carolina cross and two Georgia rattlesnake watermelons.\u00a0 The Carolina cross I place three seeds in both pots and the rattlesnake I only place two seeds each.\u00a0 I find that Carolina cross has a much lower sprout rate than other melons and that is why I add three instead of two.<\/p>\n

\"Watermelon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today was probably the busiest out of the entire year for gardening.\u00a0 I planted some more flowers that I needed to get completed and I am planting them a little big sooner than last year.\u00a0 It is only a week earlier, but every day helps in getting a good head …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,18,149,134,28,173,201],"tags":[38,39,337,19,56,22,55,26,24],"class_list":["post-1260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beneficial-flowers","category-flowers-and-herbs","category-fruit","category-melons","category-planting-indoors","category-sunflower-2","category-watermelon-melons","tag-amaranthus","tag-calendula","tag-carolina-cross","tag-flowers","tag-georgia-rattlesnake","tag-queen-annes-lace","tag-statice","tag-sunflowers","tag-watermelon","column","twocol","has-thumbnail"],"yoast_head":"\nSeveral Flowers and a Couple Melons Planted - Eric's Organic Gardening Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I just planted some more flowers along with a couple of melons this evening. 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