On the weekend, I transferred all the sprouting seeds to their growing cells, which are either Jiffy pellets (a peat product with a thin mesh around each) or little six-packs with Jiffy planting mix (pretty much just peat, too, I think). Here are the seeds that are sprouting and are planted:

• Geraniums – 100% germination (but only 10 seeds)
• Verbenas (some of them are still in the moist paper towels in the dark, and they’re getting a few more sprouts every day)
• Dianthus – very high germination rate
• Eschscholtzia californica (California poppies) – lots of germination
• Hibiscus moscheutos – I think I got 100% germination from these
• Delosperma – germinated well, but so tiny, so I scattered the seeds on top of the peat, including the ones that didn’t sprout at the time, but they’re mostly sprouting well now
• Rudbeckia – these are very excellent germinators; I also sprinkled some directly on the peat in half a flat tonight

Some that aren’t working yet:

• Lavatera – these all got moldy and I threw them away; I sprinkled some directly in Jiffy pellets tonight to see if they’ll do better not being in the paper towels
• Penstemon – also got moldy. They’re still in the baggie, but I don’t think they’re going to work
• Thymus – no activity yet; I’ll wait a few more days and perhaps put some directly on some peat if they still don’t sprout
• Erigeron – nothing going on at all; I wonder if the seeds were even viable – they look so tiny and skinny, like they weren’t even pollinated

Also, I had not put the Heliotrope seeds in the baggies and was thinking of waiting till next year because of space, but tonight I sowed them directly in some Jiffy pellets. Hope it works.