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twelve small plastic cups filled with dirt . twelve small plastic cups filled with dirt, five with squash sprouts
1. Monday, 20 March 2017, ~8:00am
2. Monday, 20 March 2017, ~11:15pm


twelve small plastic cups filled with dirt, eight with squash sprouts . twelve small plastic cups filled with dirt, ten with squash sprouts
3. Tuesday, 21 March 2017, ~8:15am
4. Tuesday, 21 March 2017, ~8:00pm


twelve small plastic cups filled with dirt, eleven with squash sprouts
5. Wednesday, 22 March 2017, ~10:45pm


I spoke too soon on Monday about the squash not being visually interesting yet. Sometime that afternoon or evening, they began to sprout, and they have been growing like gangbusters ever since. (Except for one that's lagging and one that may just be a dud -- the bottom right and bottom left cups, respectively.)

...Also, I may have made a terrible mistake with this batch of seeds.

See, apparently you can't plant summer squash outside until the last risk of frost has passed (around here that would probably be late April/early May), and you also shouldn't transplant them more than once because they have delicate roots, AND they should be in seedling containers at least twice the size of the cups I used. *headdesk*

Well, maybe they'll manage to survive in too-small containers for a month; or I'll buy some cheap buckets, transplant them indoors, and turn this batch into patio plants rather than yard plants; or I'll just pinch this lot off and try again in another month. *shrug* If I do end up having to start over, at least I can be pretty sure the next batch will also sprout successfully.


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