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900 arugula seedlings. 12 square inches.

October 1, 2010 by Andrea Bellamy 15 Comments

sprouted arugula

Ever wonder what would happen if you left a packet of seeds out in the rain? Yeah, me neither. But now you know.

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  1. Jaspenelle says

    October 1, 2010 at 7:54 pm

    You know, that is oddly beautiful. Nature is a persistent gal.

  2. meemsnyc says

    October 1, 2010 at 8:15 pm

    Wow! Are you going to plant it? It’s so cool looking!

  3. Katie says

    October 1, 2010 at 8:22 pm

    That’s awesome.

  4. Rob says

    October 1, 2010 at 9:36 pm

    LOL Been there- done that :)

  5. Darlene Hodgson says

    October 1, 2010 at 11:05 pm

    hmmm, choice between plants and a micro salad I think!

  6. Loree/ danger garden says

    October 1, 2010 at 11:15 pm

    This is my favorite thing of the day!

  7. rebecca says

    October 2, 2010 at 6:21 am

    hee hee! this is awesome! :)

  8. Zoe says

    October 2, 2010 at 3:16 pm

    How wonderful! I love arugula for its unstoppable ability to achieve a really high germination rate under just about any crappy conditions… Your picture is a testament to its strong will!

  9. Heidi says

    October 2, 2010 at 6:24 pm

    I was going to try planting arugula this year but just didn’t get to it. I never thought of starting them that way! :)

  10. Toni @ BackyardFeast says

    October 3, 2010 at 11:22 am

    I left my whole bucket of seeds out in the rain in the spring–panic stations at the time! I painstakingly spread each packet out to dry and even hand dried some seeds that were big enough. Now I wish I’d left some of them to sprout!

  11. Andrea Bellamy says

    October 3, 2010 at 8:03 pm

    Jaspenelle – I thought so too! I’m still mildly miffed that I “wasted” all those seeds, but they ARE pretty.

    Meemsnyc – I didn’t really plant it, per say, but I placed it in the garden where I wanted it to grow and sprinkled a bit of soil over it.

    Katie – Thanks :)

    Rob – Good to know I’m not alone!

    Darlene – It’s good to know that if they don’t take off I can always eat them small :)

    Loree/Danger garden – great!

    Rebecca – thanks :)

    Zoe – True dat. I love it too!

    Heidi – I wouldn’t recommend starting arugula this way, but I would recommend it any other way! It’s an awesome cool season green.

    Toni@backyardFeast – Yikes! Oh, I would have been at my panic station, too. So, did drying them out work? (ie: did they germinate successfully afterward?)

  12. Dragon says

    October 6, 2010 at 1:23 pm

    Oh my God..that is so cool..reminds me of last week I cleaned out my bird feeder and realized that a whole bunch of seeds had sprouted into a heavy mass of something! lol

  13. Diane Mumm says

    October 6, 2010 at 9:05 pm

    I’ve grown Arugula and the seed germinates quite well.. I had so many plants..

  14. Jasmine says

    October 7, 2010 at 10:44 am

    Actually, the same thing happened to my mom’s bird seed one year. Turns out, if you have very messy birds and a lot of rain (and are a lazy gardener) you might have half your yard taken over by sunflowers, etc. Ah well, it sure is easier. Makes you wonder why we can’t get seeds to germinate when we WANT them to.

  15. bit of green says

    November 12, 2010 at 4:09 pm

    Hahahah that’s awesome!
    I wonder what happens if you leave seedbombs out in the rain; rainforest coming up?

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