Propagation: 2015 Seed Starting, Part 5, 4 by warriorswisdomkathy

warriorswisdomkathy wrote:
I wish you all wouldn't fret sooo much about seperating your babies. They can handle being in close quarters better than you think!!! Look how many babies are in some of my pots! If I have the time and room I'll pot them along but if not they can remain this way for months!!!! Sometimes I won't get to potting things on til I can get outside in the spring. So save your babies and let them get some girth...... When I'm ready, I personally allow the pot to dry a bit and then dump the whole pot out gently and then separate sections, and then individuals. Potting things up and then misting the soil followed by a gentle watering. If I think they look a bit peaked I cover them with a plastic dome for a day or two if needed (transplants shock can happen but they quickly recover.......). Personally I have lost VERY few plants doing such. They are MORE forgiving than you think!!!!!!

As of today I have 189 pots seeded, 169 have germinated, (all with multiples of seeds (some have 50-100 seeds). (sorry these are last years pix as examples of my multiples in pots) Some of the annuals I started early are Heliotrope and Salvia farinacea Victoria and am excited that they came up good and will have soo many to plant this season!!!!! I'm ready to be outside again! But this morning it started out at 0ish and snow. We broke our snow record for the month, usually 6 or 7", but this year in the last half of the month we got 22.2", one of our least snowiest months. And more snow this weekend to bring in March.