July 8, 2009

Fertilized plants with Miracle-Gro at 1/2 strength. Tried to separate sage seedlings, but roots reached the bottom of the saucer and were too hopelessly long to untangle without risk of breaking them off. Threw the entire saucer out. Next time, plant them individually in peat pots to avoid this from happening again.

Planted some sunflower seeds, marigolds, true lavender, sage, and sweet pea in peat pots. They are currently sitting on the heating mat with a dome over them. Would like to plant more seeds, but there is not enough room to plant them all.

Seedling soil seems to work better than the peat pellets which seem to have a higher percentage of plants damping off. Also, planting in individual peat pot ensures that if a plant does succumb to damping-off, it can be isolated from the others so that the fungus doesn't spread (unlike the seedling trays with individual cells).