Rylie saw Elmo sprouting seeds on Sesame Street and decided he wanted to try to do that. Here we have 2 jars. One has Sunflower seeds and the other has Zucchini Seeds.
What you need:
Seeds
Clear Glass Jar
Paper Towels
Water
Soak your seeds in water for 24 hours. Line your clear glass jar w/ a folded paper towel. Place your seeds between the paper towel and the glass. Make sure you leave the center open so that the seeds can get the oxygen they need to grow.
Put a small amount of water in the jar (make sure the water level is below the seeds). The paper towel will absorb the water and take it to the seeds. Place your jars in a warm, sunny spot. We chose a window seal. Make sure to keep a check on your water level. You do not want the seeds sitting in the water or they will rot. Nor do you want your seeds to dry out because they have no water.
Zucchini Seed
Sunflower Seeds
Zucchini Seed
Zucchini Seed
Sunflower Seeds
Sunflower Seeds
Today we planted our sprouted seeds in pots. Hopefully we will grow some zucchini to eat for dinner; and, sunflowers that we can use the seeds from to feed our birds and squirrels! Rylie enjoyed this so much we decided to do more seeds. We are soaking our cucumber and watermelon seeds now.
Update: Our Cucumber seeds are doing very well! More Zucchini seeds are also sprouting. Watermelon, not so much. We have one seed that is stating to sprout. Not sure how well it will do.
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