Well, they aren't huge yet, but the corn has officially gone from "sprout" stage to "baby stalk" stage. (These stages are arbitrary. I made them up.) Erin made a makeshift plastic cover for the seedling tray and the temps inside rose to around 80 degrees. The peat/fiber pots were warm to the touch! Which translates into very happy corn (corn can germinate in soil up to or a little over 100 degrees!). Unfortunately, some of the corn that was still trying to germinate in the paper towels got super moldy - we forgot to account for how much extra heat the plastic cover would generate. Fortunately most of the corn made it and now we know the best ways to germinate the seeds quickly for another batch. We need to move on to a second heating mat/tray combo now.
Here are some exciting photos of our growing corn:
There isn't much else to report at the moment - excuse my lack of posting. We adopted a pound puppy three days ago and we are just tired new moms. In fact, I can't believe it's already been three days - I'm still in shock that we have this little furball altogether. It's been a dream for years that has finally come true. For good measure, I'll include a photo of him here:
In other news, Erin planted two broccoli seeds on the 6th and one sprouted today! She also planted 9 onion seeds on the 7th, but nothing there yet.
More later!
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