Starting Seeds: And They're Off!

Reader Contribution by S.M.R. Saia
Published on March 8, 2011
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At the starting post, they all look like winners. Sleekly curved, bays and browns, full of vigor and mystery.

Into the potting soil they go. The soil is brushed across to cover them, water is dispensed, they are tented with Ziploc and set on the seedling mat. The seedling mat is plugged in.

And then I wait.

Every day I check them – day one, two, three, four – nothing.

And then, a glimmer of hope as one of the contenders begins to stretch out its neck. Listada De Gandia Eggplant. The crowd goes wild!

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