Update on the Instant Garden

My Instant Garden seeds have germinated and tiny little cotyledons (first leaves) are stretching toward the light. I was concerned about how much stretching was going on, so I moved the pot to this precarious post under some florescent lights in my kitchen. The hope is the close light source will allow the plants to develop into hardy, stocky fellows rather than scrawny ones. I made one mistake (well, at least one) in planting the pot, which is that I forgot to note which herbs were planted where. The middle plant is the green pepper. Fortunately, I’ll be able to identify the oregano, basil, and parsley once their true leaves emerge.

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