Comments on: Job’s Tears: Gardening for Crafters

By: kaye briggs

kaye briggs — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:52:17 +0000

Can someone help i am looking for a the job tear plant or seeds thanks kaye

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:23:06 +0000

I have some still growing in a pot in the house in the middle of winter up here in northern minnesota. There are no seeds on them but they are still a foot tall and has new sprouts from the original stem that keeps coming up. I’m going to try to transplant them to my garden this year. Also I’m going to start them earlier with grow lights in my basement until it gets warmer. it took mine forever to sprout this year. I need a new supply of seeds that will germinate. I used mine from last year that I had to pick early and they didn’t ripen enough to germinate for new plants. Also I’m going to try the scraping and warm water start in the pods also. I’ll keep in touch and let you know how my experimentations do.

By: Bill Fields

Bill Fields — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:01:54 +0000

I remembered Job’s tears from my childhood. The first year I planted them I carefully rubbed each seed on a fine sandpaper and soaked them in warm water and nurtured each plant in it’s own little pot until I could transplant them carefully into the garden. The next year my entire garden was full of “volunteer” Job’s tears….and the next…and I expect next year too. They are almost weeds, as bad a Touch-Me-Nots for just springing up everywhere. The careful sandpapering and warm soaking works but in my experience so too does just tossing them in some dirt! ;0) I’m in East Tennessee BTW

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:50:59 +0000

can you please tell us how to plant them

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:50:19 +0000

yeah, but, you didnt tell us how to plant them