Starting from seeds, in-doors...project with my younger siblings. Help!?!?

I'm living in the lovely north east (connecticut to be exact). I am 19 and LOVE spending time with my little brothers and sister(ages 5,6 and 7)..



About 2 weeks ago i purchased some pots, we painted them - i put a clear glaze over it (to water proof the paint)..and we planted seeds. 2 pots have morning glories, 1 has violas, 1 has pansys, 1 has cat nip, and 1 has basil. The pots with morning glories, and the pot with basil are showing some stems..almost 1 inch stems in the morning glories! The violas and the pansys however are showing NOTHING.



I have them in our sun room( its a room with all windows, where we always keep/grow plants)..i leave them in there during the day when its warm in there - and becuase it gets cool in there at night, i take them out of that room during the night. I keep the soil moist.



Any other suggestions? ---- because ONE of my brothers has growth in his plants, the other 2 kids seem almost devistated that they have no growth.

Starting from seeds, in-doors...project with my younger siblings. Help!?!?
I also started violas and pansies from seed indoors this year. It took at least 2-3 weeks for the seeds to germinate.

If they don't germinate after a few more days, I would sow some more of the same seeds in the pots.

Also, make sure the temp. is remaining above 60, (65 would be preferable) in whatever location they are in. If the temps drop at night (which they might near a window) I would cover the pots with a garbage sack after sunlight and after you turn off any other additional lighting. Take the garbage bag off in the a.m. when the sun rises again. This keeps the soil moist.

Good luck.
Reply:2 weeks isn't too long, I'd wait another week and if nothing sprouts, I would replant with easy sprouting seeds..like bean plants or parsley. Bean plants will sprout in 2 days and grow fast...then you can plant it outdoors and they can harvest the beans!
Reply:Morning glories has a very agressive vegetative growth cycle so they'll shoot up real fast. Don't over water them, they like dryer than moist soil once they've unfolded their first set of leaves.



Pansies and Violas need more heat, CO2 and darkness during germination so what a lot of people do is wrap/place the pots inside a black trash bag until the seeds sprout (about 2-3 weeks)...
Reply:Morning glory is fast to germinate. You need to watch your siblings cause morning glory is harmful if eaten.

Pansy and Viola need darkness to germinate and temperature between 60-70 will help germination. If you provide those 2 condition they will germinate in 2 weeks.

Bottom heat will help germination for other seeds. You can place them on top of the refrigerator (if your refrigerator's top is warm) or place them on table close to room heater.



Good Luck.
Reply:some seeds take longer to get going, when a stemhas 2 leaves on it you need to clip one off. This pruning and causes the plant to grow stronger. Cover the pots that are slower with plastic baggies and keep moist until they start to grow.

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