This is my seed office, where I spend most of my life. The picture was taken this afternoon, with the trees full of singing birds...
Following up on the Clematis hirsutissima thread- may I suggest germinating all Clematis species in zip-lock bags in barely-moist vermiculite. As they germinate, take them out of the zip-locks and pot up. I line them up in styrofoam boxes to save space.
All the information you might need to remember can be simply written on the bag, as well as various treatments they may be subjected to (GA-3, cold, excised seed, etc). It is space-saving, seems to speed up germination vs. doing them in the traditional "pot method", and you can always see exactly what is happening in the bag.
This year I have 4 trays of Clematis bags, containing the about 100+ species I am growing this season. Many of these have a long-warm sprouting habit (as does C. hirsutissima) and most of the North American viorna group species. The long-warm can be weeks to months, so this is surely the most efficient way to treat them. Therefore, these trays are simply left somewhere warm in my office. My fridge contains an equal number of baggies with the species that have a warm-cold-warm requirement.
The last few pictures show my sea of Clematis hirsutissima seedlings thus far, as well as a close-up of the babes.
