Update…and…SPRING!
What a whiner I was in my last post! It sounds like someone must get a case of the winter blues every year (well, and what a year it was).
Anyway, here is something that is good to know – pansies can survive even a fair amount of neglect, though they are not the most thrilling seed to start.
I was worried about my seedlings getting whatever that green icky moldy thing that covers the soil is…”damping off” maybe? So I took them out of their greenhouse-like enviroment a bit too soon (took off the cover). SO, poor pansies were trying their best in soil that was a little too dry…and then I wimped out from keeping them under lights (hated wasting the electricity), so I moved them upstairs, then downstairs, then kept them in the dark, then put the lights on, then turned them off, blah blah blah. Essentially, I did everything wrong. Last night I even forgot them outside!
However, pansies are still alive…yay! But they are still boring (boo). I prefer to start things that give me more thrills. HA! By that, I mean that pansies poop out in the heat…pansies don’t provide me with food…but most of all, they just don’t grow fast enough (even under great conditions – I’ve been a better pansy starter before).
All this being said…
I’m sure I’ll start them again next year! Something needs to drag Mrs. Lucken through February to March…!
