Dense sowing is unconventional to some, but pretty common around here.
I think this is environmental. The week before we had a huge hail storm followed
by warmer temps that took out the last of the snow. Immediately the air quality changes.
Text from the 'water works' that we may see cloudy tap water. Not dangerous but we have a
filter system anywho.
I have a gut instinct every years to sow a few trays early. Much stronger plants by the Spring
thaw seem to do better.
No hoses set up yet at that time, so I filled a few gallon jugs of tap to feed the fruit trees and
various shrubs while the soil is so saturated. Maybe one of those made it downstairs by
mistake.
Good news is I have more than a hundred extra plants and in this pic the two trays on the
left are more back-ups from re-potting when I put one extra back in the cells.
I did re-sow a tray of the ones that perished.
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