Today I’m starting native seeds that I had kept in my refrigerator to cold stratify, mimicking a winter season. I’m planning to container garden with these plants so I can help support the pollinators as much as I am able to. Many people are renters these days, or live in apartments with only a small space on their balcony or patio to garden, so I wanted to share in my experience doing the same thing with native plants of the Midwest and Great Lakes regions.
This is the second time I am starting native seeds, first time stratifying with intention.
Stay tuned until the end of the video, I show you an update after a week under the growlight!
🌿Materials I’m going to use in this video:
-Coco Coir
-Sand and vermiculite
-A spoon
-Plastic baggies for stratifying
-Plant Labels (don’t use popsicle sticks like I did here)
-A marker or pencil
-Seeds
-72 cell seed starting tray with a greenhouse lid)
-Growlight
🌿Seeds I’m starting today:
-Spiderplant (for funsies)
-Pseudorhipsalis ramulosa (for funsies)
-Hollyhock (for sentiment)
-Partridge Pea
-Bee Balm / Wild Bergamot
-Boneset
-Hairy Beardtongue
-Ohio Spiderwort
-Butterfly Milkweed
-Sneezeweed
-Canada Columbine
-Purple Coneflower
-Evening Primrose
-Lemon Balm (Non-native medicinal herb)
-Valerian (Non-Native medicinal plant)
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