Indoor Gardening: Forget-Me-Not Grow Kit

While cleaning out my closet the other day, I found an itsy bitsy growing kit for Forget-Me-Not's! I remember someone giving it as a gift to me about two years ago, and I totally forgot about it... But fear no more! I am going to plant these little seeds and grow these flowers ASAP!

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The kit was obviously part of some Valentine's day collection due to the hearts and the theme of the box. But you have to admit, it is awfully cute.

When you open the box, out pops the seed packet, soil disc, and pot. It's a plastic mimic of a terra-cotta pot! It's so cute because it's all tiny. Now let's get down to business!

The first step is to take out the soil disc (growing medium) and place it in a bowl. Then add 3 tbs of water. And what happened next amazed me. The soil immediately absorbed ALL the water and grew. It was as if it was its own being. It was creepy. 

Next, put the soil into the pot provided. I used a spoon since some of the leftover bits of soil and water was too mushy to handle with my hands.

Now it's time to add the seeds! These seeds look a little frightening don't they? They have spikes as if they are in some type of self defense mode.

Finally, press no more than 6 seeds into the soil. Make sure they're in there or they won't germinate! Forget-Me-Not's take about 8-10 weeks to germinate so be patient. They also require plenty of sunlight so keep them near a window and they need to be watered daily! Not too much though - just a little spritz. 

I love this kit because it gives you so many seeds and it's great for a beginner flower gardener like moi. I can grow veggies and fruit, but flowers always die on me. I think I have about 20 more leftover seeds in the packet that I'll be using for my front garden! 

The only con to this kit is that they have no drainage dish for the pot - so I decided to make one out of clay! I'll be linking to that tutorial soon.

UPDATE: Click here for the DIY drainage dish! 

Have fun gardening! 

~Misbah