Thanks DD! I did a similar thing last year except instead of buying the pellets separately I bought the Jiffy trays with the pellets in them and the cheap plastic dome, those seemed to work great, but I figured I would try something different this year. And these were cheaper. Maybe I should go back to the Jiffy pellets, idk. I always have great luck with Jiffy products. Either that or I was thinking of just going outside and getting some compost/soil from the garden their gonna be in and use that. It’s really rich and good I think. I don’t have a grow light but I have been thinking of getting one. But usually I just set them near a sunny window, we have quite a few, and it seems to work well. But I would eventually like to get a grow light because you can only fit so many trays near one window and only so many windows.
That’s unfortunate he passed away!! I never even knew he was here, it sounds like he was close to me and sounds like a great place. Assuming they sold violets?? Or other stuff too??
It is loose dirt and it’s a mix of a few things. The overnight thing did seem to help and most were absorbed but there was still one or two that hadn’t so I put some soap on all of them for good measure and it soaked right up. Might try getting some compost though.
This is what I am using now, or tried to use, haven’t planted anything yet, and I also got a couple other things I could use. Will post all options and maybe someone can inform me whether any of these are good or whether I should go buy another product or just use compost or what.
So this is the one I have soaking now.
And these are the rest.
