Day Four in the House
I watered the seeds today for the first time since putting them in. The advice on the leaflet was to water them every three days. Web-sites I’ve visited have said that this every-three-days advice is given just to make the process seem easy and the best thing to do is to water when necessary.
The soil felt dry this evening on top so I dipped each of the tubs into a bowl of water. I really don’t know what I’m doing so I don’t know if it’s too much or not. My method of watering is to put the tub floating on top of the bowl with a few inches of water and let it sink to the bottom. I then take it out again.
I’ve been keeping a close eye on the seeds; taking them out every day for an inspection. There isn’t a lot happening yet of course, but I still like to take them out and look at them. I get a strange feeling of satisfaction when I feel the warm, damp soil. I could probably do with being more scientific than this and keep a record of the temperature and moisture levels so that I’d know for future what worked and what didn’t.
I know it’s too soon for seedlings to start appearing but I forget this every time I take them out of the press to inspect them. When I don’t see any I have to feel the warmth of the soil just to console myself! I’m reminded of the ‘sea monkeys’ I sent away for as an child. “Just add water,” said the advertisement. I did. Then I waited. When I saw the advertisement I thought it was incredible but they could hardly be allowed to say it if it wasn’t true. I felt a terrible sense of injustice when nothing happened.
