Are They Not Cute?

[Gwaloth]

Not sure how one calls the "hedging"of seeds in normal English, but it looks like my Giant Sunflowers, which I put in apot to have a bit of summer in winter, are born!

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Are they not cute? At once they were there! The day befpre yesterday I saw one pink little thingy between the grains of earth, and two days later...

[HarleyGal]

Awww! :wub: Adorable babies!! :wub: Congrats!

[MrSeedy]

Sprouting , germinating , etc. maybe?? Not trying to be sarcastic , but I'm not familiar with that "slang?" English gardening term maybe?? Or perhaps a literal translation of the Dutch term for the same thing?? I sometimes get into problems with literal translations , I've found ,when I go to a translation service , which I sometimes use called babelfish!! I guess I'm being a bit "daft" with my response, even though I understood , I think?, your meaning from the first time I read it!

[PRH]

Gwaloth -
Congrats.!
Phil :-) ;)

[decompost]

:blink: :blink: just as cute as can be :wub:

[DandyLioness]

Cute as a bug's ear. (Dunno about that expression!) There really IS something awesome about a plant that begins to grow from seed! :wub:

[grindle]

:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Phia]

Congrat's on their sprouting...that is my favorite thing about growing from seed.

[Gwaloth]

*feels like a mother from a newborn baby* aaaw thank y`all for congrats and all oooh and aaahs. :rolleyes: Off course I shall keep you all updated on the Sunflower`s progress. At the moment they are already rising above the pot but not much exciting is to be seen.

Mr Seedy: Nono, no slang for me, I used the word hedging because in Dutch sprouting and hedging have the same word. I did know hedging was a wrong word but I was not certain of the correct one, therefor I preffered to call it :"hedging"as the shells of the seeds are still on some of the plants like the empty eggshells when a chick has come out of it :P

[digiflower]

Very nice little ones you got. :D
It is exciteing to watch them pop up. :wub:

[Sneezie]

:blink: Gwaloth I put some marigold seeds in a large pot for some winter color and mine are sproutin too! Got them right up in the window where they will be sure to get all the sun they need. Just love posies!!!!! :wub:

[MrSeedy]

No need for any explanation or apology gwaloth, as even people who are very fluent and skilled in numerous languages can run into problems when trying to translate some words , and I must say I'm sure your English vocabulary is much larger than my German or Dutch ones, so I've often found the words I translate "literally" from my on-line translator are wrong. I can understand the "error" if one even wants to call it that. There a word here for birds "sprouting" their first feathers as chicks and that's "fledging"??, I think. But now I may have just added to any confusion!! I really wasn't trying to sound critical at all , and hope I didn't offend!!!

[Gwaloth]

Update!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/pencil-and-pen/plants.jpg

Mr Seedy: off course you did not offend :) Anda bout teh birds: I have no idea what you are talking about hahahaha. Now is my biological knowledge in genreal and beasts in particular (xept for guinea-pigs) very very limited I must say...

Sneezie: mine are in front the window also! Marigolds sound lovely! Good luck with em!

I do have some concerns over my Sunflowers...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/pencil-and-pen/leaf-top.jpg

Two or three leaves hav ethis on top...I saw it to-day and don`t know what it is...can it harm them? I dare not to spray around with soapsolution as they are so young and tender....

under the leaf it looks like this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/pencil-and-pen/leaf-bottom.jpg
I know they look like lice, but I don`t think it is...it looks different. Anyone an idea what it is and whether it is bad?

[MrSeedy]

Could be mites , but they are related to "lice"! I can't see the bugs in the picture , but usually the spotting and discoloring of leaves is a symptom, but you almost need a magnifying glass to see the actual bugs.

[Gwaloth]

What can I do `bout it? As I already mentioned, I dare not to spray for fear the young dudes will not survive...is it bad anyway?