I was doubtful my seedlings would take to a pure water environment, but to my surprise most of them seem to be holding on and a couple are growing quite a bit. Its nice to know if I have over flow seedlings during this project I can set them in water. They are too small for my bubbler but my little glass dishes work great for them.
Though its easier said than done trying to keep the roots submerged and the leafy parts out of the water. If the leaves touch the water then they rot and start to kill the whole plant. Though if I am careful I can hang the seedlings on the edge of the dishes and they seem to be fine.
At least once during this 10 day period one of the trays nearly dried out. But I added water as soon as I noticed they were low. Luckily they were not completely dried out and the plants did not seem to suffer during this short outage of water for them.
I am amazed how often I need to refill their water. Maybe the light is making alot of it evaporate, or maybe indeed these young Thyme seedlings need more water. Refilling takes place around every 3-4 days.
I will need to go through the dishes and scoop out and of the Thyme seedlings that fell into the dish, sometimes the shape of the stem just makes it hard to keep them from falling in.
They are doing quite well, from being moved from a window spot to a grow room they do not seem to mind.
My potted cuttings are not so happy. I think I shocked them, they had to live in a room with little direct light for about 3-5 days while I was moving everything for their new room. And then I realized I failed to set my timer correctly on the lights, so they were not getting the needed break and off time of the lights.
Now I have corrected the light timing and they get around 16 hours on 8 hours off. Before due to my incorrect timing they were getting 23 hours on 1 hour off.. lol no good.
I am afraid a few of my potted Thyme plants will not survive, but this would be the perfect time to move some of the larger water Thyme into their own pots where the previous ones did not make it.
I really love being able to grow seedlings indoors, it would be too cold this time of year to try to do this outside. So now I can get my plants strong for the upcoming spring. And will need to start some more trays soon, planning on growing a few other plants for ground cover as well. Pennyroyal, Sweet Woodruff and Roman Chamomile are some other seedlings I want to start before the spring. So will be cool to grow something new in here. I do not want a monoculture for a lawn replacement, my concerns are die off years from now will make the whole area look weird. So by mixing in a few types of plants, with different lifespans I can have them fill in areas as others die off. Which is completely normal out in the wild, so want to have a similar ecosystem here.
