Good seeds for children to grow/ small pots?

alanalea

I need some advice from you lovely lot please

For my daughters birthday party bags I would like to give each child a plant pot with a bag of soil and some seeds for them to grow (instead of the usual sweets and tat).

Can anybody please recommend what seeds I could give, suitable for the children (aged 7-9 years) and that can be grown in smaller plant pots?

Thank you in advance x

Farway

If the chldren have access to a garden after starting the seeds in pots then a good choice would be sunflower, who grew the tallest, largest etc

If you intend the seed to grow in pots indoors then thinking caps on for all

LutonGirl

Tomato seeds. They can eat the tomatoes too and get some insight into how food is grown.

alanalea

Farway wrote: »

If the chldren have access to a garden after starting the seeds in pots then a good choice would be sunflower, who grew the tallest, largest etc

If you intend the seed to grow in pots indoors then thinking caps on for all

Here lies the problem. There are approximately 40 children to do the pots for & apart from a close few, I've no idea if they have gardens etc

alanalea

LutonGirl wrote: »

Tomato seeds. They can eat the tomatoes too and get some insight into how food is grown.

I've looked at Tumbling Toms, the miniature variety of tomatoes. They are labelled as being suitable for garden tubs, so maybe a couple of seeds in medium plant pots be be ok?

spadoosh

Cress has got to be one of the most easy to grow.

Initially thought of grass heads, but youd need lots of pairs of tights for 40 kids!

alanalea

spadoosh wrote: »

Cress has got to be one of the most easy to grow.

Initially thought of grass heads, but youd need lots of pairs of tights for 40 kids!

We've done cress quite a bit, so wanted something a bit different.

I hadn't thought of grass heads! I wonder if it would work if we used tiny flower seeds like forget-me-nots, to make curly purple hair? :think:

spadoosh

MIght be wortha try, although would do a trial run otherwise you could be known as the parent that gave out a stocking full of dirt for your kids birthday party. :money:

alanalea

spadoosh wrote: »

MIght be wortha try, although would do a trial run otherwise you could be known as the parent that gave out a stocking full of dirt for your kids birthday party. :money:

Haha, good idea:rotfl:

Gers

Mung beans and a jam jar of sorts? Easy to grow indoors and yummy in a stir fry.

I used to love watching these grow.

Pea shoots - buy a packet of dried peas, dead cheap. They can be planted in flan dishes, aluminium dishes, anything in fact. And they are cut and grow again.

CAFCGirl

Cut and come again types of lettuce might be worthwhile.
When bigger they can be transferred to a mushroom tub sized container and stay in there quite happily.
Alternatively an aromatic herbs perhaps like basil, they're easy to grow and fill out a pot quite nicely, can be kept in a pot on a windowsill and you could include a recipe card for home made pizzas to encourage them to then use the basil