Chasing Cheerios

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Planting Seeds

The girls received daisy, sunflower, and basil seeds in their April Fun Box, and we planted the seeds in baseball card sleeves! This idea came from Family Fun magazine.

We put a little bit of dirt in the 6 bottom pockets and taped the sleeve to the sliding glass door with clear packing tape. We put seeds in each pocket. The soil was wet, so we didn't water them for a couple of days.

Within about 3 days, we saw growth! It has been very exciting to watch our seedlings grow!



O(4) uses a medicine dropper to water each seedling.


They are growing FAST! We'll transplant the sunflowers and daisies to our yard and the basil to pots very soon!

9 comments:

  1. Love the baseball sleeve idea! I'll have to pass this on to the other teachers at school.

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  2. The baseball sleeve idea (and using a dropper!) is amazing- Love it!

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  3. That is the cutest idea. They really can watch them grow! Thanks for sharing.

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  4. I agree with the other comments about the baseball sleeve...so clever! Great idea!!! Thanks for sharing!

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  5. We did that, too, with lettuce seeds. I am planning a blog post on the same subject soon!

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  6. I read somewhere else that the pockets leak and water runs down the window and all over the window sill/floor. Did you guys experience the same problem?

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  7. Nope! We didn't have any problems at all...other than forgetting to water them occasionally :)

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  8. It probably depends on the brand that you buy. I imagine this is one of those items where you get what you pay for. I would just check the quality of the sleeves before you buy them.

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