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Title: Fast growing seeds for art room window sills?
Post by: Likes Roses on March 08, 2006, 18:45:09

Hello!
 Im after ideas for flower seeds that are the quickest growing for children to  take photos of that  children can photograph at various stages of growing and look interesting and not too big? Please can you help?

Title: Re: Fast growing seeds for art room window sills?
Post by: supersprout on March 08, 2006, 18:50:48

hello roses :D take a look at the ideas in this thread for starters:
http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/joomla/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,57/topic,17498.0

Title: Re: Fast growing seeds for art room window sills?
Post by: Georgie on March 08, 2006, 20:06:39

My radishes have germinated in two days, they grow quickly and you can eat them after about 3-4 weeks.  The interest might come from seeing the red tips emerging from the soil against the bright green foliage?  Dunno, just a  thought, I'm no artist.  Alternately, when I was little we sprouted bean seeds in jam jars with blotting paper curled on the inside to keep the bean in place and allow the plant access to the water.  Seeing roots and leaves developing was fascinating.

G xx

Title: Re: Fast growing seeds for art room window sills?
Post by: Jesse on March 08, 2006, 21:08:15

dwarf sweetpeas perhaps, or dwarf sunflowers. the sweetpeas will flower before end of summer term, sunflowers may flower later which means schools will be on summer holiday when all the excitement happens. some others could be marigolds and nasturtiums. :)

Title: Re: Fast growing seeds for art room window sills?
Post by: Likes Roses on March 10, 2006, 15:39:05

Thankyou all! for your great ideas! you have given me lots to think about and  willbuy some seeds today! ;D :) :)