You should be sowing your seeds in the fall or winter for a summer bloom, so technically it will be a different year, but your plants will flower the same season you plant them.
The length of the sprout depends on how much light the seed gets. Traditional methods keep the seeds away from light to prevent the plant section from forming. If you...
You just want to keep the soil moist. That amount of water will be different for everybody. Be careful not to keep the soil too wet, to avoid damping-off disease....
Only in climates where the ground does not completely freeze during the winter. Otherwise the tubers must be dug up and stored in a cold but frost-free location until the...