Starting Some Four O'Clock Seeds. 24 Mar 24.

 I'm pre-soaking some Four O'Clock seeds to plant tonight.

I don't always get good germination with these when I buy the seeds.  Better with home-saved seeds.  I don't know why.  They do have a hard coat, and I pre-soak per directions.

Here are my notes from 2014.  My experience then was, they germinated better on a seed warming mat, on moist paper towel in a zip lock.  I'll try half of them that way and half in seed starter containers.

I'll see if I have some saved from last year and try those too.  My own are not variegated.

Just for fun, a highly vintage image of Four O'Clocks.