Today, I had 3 more seeds in water that sprouted and ready for soil. I decided to be lazy, and put the additional seeds among the 2 containers. Now I’m regretting it, as the roots may get tangled and hard to separate the plants come transplant time. Thinking of pulling out and transplanting seedlings into their own container today or tomorrow. Your thoughts?
@rlh plus the stress on the seedling when you have to rip the roots apart is an added stressor that they don’t need at this stage of development. Plenty of time later to aggressively manhandle them lol. There’s tons of sad stories of seedling failure on this forum, don’t be one of them!! Get in there while it’s still a tap and transplant!!
Thank you folks especially DEEPDIVERDAVE & Fieldofdreams. Transplanted the two that have broke soil yesterday. Will wait for the remaining 3 to break soil before separating one more rather than dig around to find the seed.
All 5 are growing, as I set them out daily to get a good 12 hours the N Cali Sun daily. It’s been interesting observing the leaf development. Am keeping an eye on the brownish discoloration that’s developed on older growth on 2 of 5 of seedlings. Not sure if it could be a nutrient deficiency… all have similar soil, a mix of seed starter and Peet Moss.