Day 15 - Six Re-Potted

Some of my seedlings were getting to tall for the container I had them in. This was yesterday's photo to show height. Although I wanted to wait until they were older, I had to re-pot them. I mean, soon enough, they'd hit the cover and the nice moist environment does wonders for them.

I mean, take a look at this photo. Those new leaves are growing fast and very nicely. Yay. This one is thriving.

I wasn't sure how to handle this. I need to keep them in a moist environment because they dry out too fast on the heat mat. But I needed a container big enough. I also needed a container with a clear lid, so the light can get through, but I can keep it on, for humidity. 

I realized I had a broken storage container (actually I have a few). And voila. Below is a photo of my old container (within the new container), housing the slower growing seedlings. On the right, you can see six of the tallest were transplanted to plastic cups. They are all the Kaleinani variety.

The clear plastic cups will allow me to see when they're fully rooted. When they're fully rooted, I'll move them to a larger container. I have no idea where or how I'm going to put all these. I didn't think they all were going to live. As of right now, I have 17 seedlings total (hey, that's my fave number, yay). It looks like 12 will fit in my big plastic container. Shoot, am I going to have to purchase another heat mat? Jeez. Maybe as these strong six live, I can move them out of the container (the container takes up a lot of room, as does my adult tree). 

Pinkerblue Update: the cotyledons are turning blacker, however, at the same time, it seems to be growing a bit. Slowly, but growing. Since it looked like it was falling over and I was wondering if that's what was adding to the black/rot, I decided to shove a toothpick next to it to stand it up. I accidentally pulled it out since the soil was on the drier side. Guess what? The root is almost double in size. That's definitely a good sign. Another good sign? I can see the true leaves starting to form between the cotyledons. Yay! My fingers are still crossed that the sole survivor actually survives!