All of my seedlings are popping up and looking so adorable! It's only been 3 days since I started my lettuce and they are already a force to be reckoned with ! And my sugar snaps seem to have made a huge difference just overnight ! They are positively adorable ! Absolutely loving how rewarding this experience is !
Your seedlings are doing very well! You will have to start thinning soon, which isn't much fun but absolutely necessary to have strong plants to transplant into the garden. I hate thinning, but do it because I know how it benefits the remaining seedlings. I love to hear from new gardeners on this forum--their enthusiasm, their interest, and their love of their plants!
That is looking really good. Just a note--see if you can get them some more light and less heat (if it is possible with your set-up there), because if you don't, your little plantlets may become very leggy and perhaps even topple over from the weight of the leaves. Looking just super!
Looking good Nicole! I was going to offer the same advice as Sjoerd ... more light, less heat. You don't want them getting too 'leggy'.
I just thinned them yesterday and it was probably the most depressing thing I have done in a very long time !
Nicole, the pain will pass, and when your remaining seedlings are growing and looking good, you'll be glad you thinned. (Well, maybe not glad, but at least resigned to the necessity.)
Looking good! I don't think I will start until the end of april this time, maybe not even indoors, i might just plant them all outside in may after memorial day and hope for the best. :O
