My mater seedlings from the seed bank were not sprouting in two weeks like they should have. I brought them in the house to sit in the windowsill, which worked quite well for my Sungold seedlings. After a few days of regular water and afternoon sunshine, plus a bit more warmth during the night, I finally got a sprout on Saturday. It was the West Virginia Aker's that came up first. The next day, I had sprouts in all 4 of the pots, so I was now blessed with Boxcar Willie, Campbell's 1943 and Sheyenne. I put them outside where it promised to be sunny and hot all day, and warm all night. I left them on the sidewalk all night to absorb it's heat and left them outside again today, and provided a little water to make it through the heat today. They are quite small and don't look very hardy to begin with, so I don't want to fry them on their 2nd day outside.
My Sungolds, Bloody Butchers, and Odorikos were all planted out into plastic cups and experienced no transplant shock. They are all quite happy and I took 1 of each to Gilroy, to their new home for the season. Hopefully I will have a few to give away for Earth Day later this week.
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