clover

[redbird]

It's experiment time. I got someone to mail me some clover seeds, and I bought a small flowerpot and a bag of something called "perlite", which claims to be good for starting seeds and cuttings. I just poured the perlite--a sort of gray granular stuff--into the flowerpot, put one packet of seeds in, as instructed (meaning on the surface, covered lightly), and then I watered it. The water poured in at first, then at the third mugfull started pouring out the bottom, so I wiped it up and stopped. I suspect it would have been better to moisten the perlite first: the surface is uneven, and the seeds may be halfway down the pot by now.

In any case, the pot is sitting on the kitchen windowsill. If nothing happens in a week or so, I will try again (I have two packets of clover seed, one labeled "pink" and the other "red", and only used one), possibly with regular topsoil. If it does work, I'll plant the clover outside, and hope to improve the soil and get some nice flowering groundcover.