Sow the seeds of interests

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Here's a sentence I came up with when I was working on an essay:
"This kind of ignorance sowed the seeds of interests in XYZ culture among [a certain group of people] around that time.  "
What I try to say here is that there was a growing interest in a certain culture around that time when people didn't know much about it.
Does it look natural to you? Thanks!

Packard · Answer

I associate "sow the seeds..." with the Oscar Wilde quote, so this does not work for me.
“Agitators are a set of interfering, meddling people who come down to some perfectly contented class of the community and sow the seeds of discontent among them. That is the reason why agitators are so absolutely necessary.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism
I would go with "planted", and if it referred to an idea, then "planted the germ of an idea..."

Sow the seeds of interests

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