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Just planted a tub of basil, a mint plant we got and a handful of random seeds include salad green, hot peppers, an herb mix and chives. Should be interesting! We have them growing out our bedroom window on the roof of the people below us. Fingers are crossed!

Well it has been about 20 days since I set up the Lee Valley Self Watering Seed Starter… and it is working great! All of my seeds except the Swiss chard came up. I think that is the fault of the seeds though. Of all the seeds that came up, I think only one square had nothing that came up. Since there are about 24 squares in each planter, that is about a 1/24 success ratio… and that is pretty. Also all the seedlings are doing really well. They are growing great and seem very healthy. Since there is a resivour for water, the seedlings can draw as much water as they need, and you don’t have to worry about watering them daily.

I highly recommend these seed starters. They take alot of the daily work out starting seeds.

Loving the: Lee Valley Self Watering Seed Starter

I just got the Self-Watering Seed Starter from Lee Valley. It is a lot like all of those other plastic mini-greenhouses except that it always keeps the soil moist by drawing water from a reservoir underneath. This is really nice, because it should keep the seeds at the right moisture level.

It is pretty easy to put together and setup. It is made out of some plastic material that looks sort of like sytrofoam, but seems denser. It actually seems sturdy to me, hopefully it is. one you have it setup and filled with soil, you plant some seeds and fill up the reservoir. The directions say you are supposed to use a mixture of percilite, vermcilite and peat moss, but I couldn’t find all this so I simply used some potting soil. Anyhow I pressed it down pretty good because I thought it would help the capillary action.

I bought two trays, and plant a total of 6 different seeds. Since there are 24 “pots” in each tray I planted a total of 8 of each seed… and actually a bit more because I wanted to make sure at least one grew in each “pot”. I planted:

• Sweet Basil
• A Lettuce Mix
• Chives
• Sweet 100 Tomatoes
• Romenesca Broccoli
• Swiss Chard

I am not really sure what I am going to do with them all once they come up… I am a little short on space and light. Guess I will worry about that if everything actually comes up!

Self-Watering Seed Starter ~ $16 – Lee-Valley