Second batch

Since my first batch of seedlings died on me, I started again last Sunday. I still have lots of toilet rolls left and so I made more pots. I planted more cabbage and broccoli seeds. I didn't plant cucumber seeds in these pots. In the first batch, the cucumbers were the only ones that didn't grow seedlings at all, so this time I planted some in proper plastic pots.

I put them on a tray and placed the tray in a clear plastic bag. I poked small holes and then tied the bag up. It is to be a sort of a mini greenhouse. I left them in the balcony but then I moved them into a dark, warm corner in the living room. My seedlings in the first batch had thin, spindly stems and my mother-in-law said it could be because I put them in the sun. That made them grow towards the sun and made them grow long but thin. So let's see if this works better.

I haven't actually lost all of my seedlings. I planted some pumpkin and butternut squash seeds in a cardboard container. The container used to hold tomato purée which I emptied and washed. They were bigger than the toilet roll pots and I figured would fit the bigger seeds better. It took a long while before I found any sign of growth there. Day by day, I would peek into the plastic bag to see if anything was happening. I even opened up the bag to check but...nothing.

Last week, though, I thought I found something green in the soil and true enough, when I opened the bag, I found two strong leaves finding their way out of the soil. I planted two varieties of pumpkin but only one had seedlings. I thought the other one wasn't going to grow but a few days later, I found seedlings there as well. The butternut squash seeds haven't grown yet. They might grow, or not. So a few days ago, I planted more seeds. Just in case. We'll see how this batch will turn out.