Seeds!

Two heating pads and one grow light should be all I need this year

This year I managed to carve a small seed starting space down in my basement so I can try growing things from seed. I may have gone a little nutty buying seeds from catalogs this year.

A small sampling of my seed obsession

I may have also been buying seed packets at nurseries too. I am interested in getting more specific vegetable varieties and seeds are really the best option. I want to try some new to me plants that I've never seen as transplants. I also want to better fill my garden beds with flowers and seeds are much cheaper for getting a lot of plants at once.
So far I have three different plants started, the three that need the longest lead up time before the last frost. Edible Hibiscus, Devil's Trumpet, and Ground Cherries. I am surprised the Hibiscus has been the fastest to germinate, there is little information on starting these from seed.

Hibiscus babies!

 The ground Cherry has been taking it's sweet sweet time, I've been worried that these seeds wouldn't germinate. The Devil's Trumpet has yet to have a single seedling and any info I have found about starting these from seed has varied wildly. I'm going to give those a few more days and if nothing pops up, I'm tossing them and starting over. I don't want to waste resources on blank soil.

The blank spot where the Devil's Trumpet should be