I gave up on the first Echinacea seeds. From my reading, they don't maintain viability long at all, maybe a year at best. I planted fresh seeds for those. I found an old packet of dwarf carnation seeds dated 2014. I don't recall ever growing them. Eight years is a big stretch, but if I don't plant them, I won't know. So I planted them too.
I also planted some Gloriosa Daisy seeds. They are described as perennial Rudbeckia hirta, but some sources state that early planting can give same - year flowers. Growing perennials from seeds can be very rewarding. All of the mystery is taken out. It shows one doesn't have to buy a potted plant for ten bucks, a three dollar seed packet will produce an entire row. There is a sense if accomplishment, "I did that'" instead of "I bought it". Even more if the seeds are home saved, but you have to start somewhere.
Of the peppers I planted earlier, only the Jalapeños and Serranos have germinated so far. I'm trying a new packet of Thai Dragon, plus a planting with more Tabasco pepper seeds. And a Hontaka Cayenne from the Chili Pepper Institute at the University of New Mexico. I also decided to play with miniature tomato varieties, Micro Tom Tomato and Red Robin Tomato The plants grow the size of small pepper plants. If they grow, I can see how they do under LEDs. And last, starting some wild-type Coreopsis for the "will the damn deer eat them?" flower bed. I haven't planted a couple varieties in the photo, yet.
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