Mirabile dictu

After sowing the Rhodochiton seeds two weeks ago I trawled the net and found out that their germination is at best erratic and slow, a month or more being what you can expect. It was also said that the seeds need to be fresh; our seeds are 3-4 years old – we got them last year from a plant nursery as a present; the lady told us she had had them a couple of years already. So I gave up hope. They didn’t.

Rhodochiton for family and friends…

The chilli seeds have also been unexpectedly fast – 2 Hungarian Blacks (out of 3) and 2 Bulgarian short white (out of 4) are already up and growing. We thought upstairs might be too cool for germination but the sunny days have obviously done the trick.