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Intro & I am new to list and propogating seeds

Hello everyone,

I am new to gardening in many ways as we have just bought our house and after
living there 1 year I have put in raised beds and a rock garden and we have
other beds and containers.  I have just started trying to grow plants from 
seed and I am afraid I am floundering.

I bought one of the little seed plats.  It is a series of little containers 
which fit into a tray so I can water and with a nice plastic top which when 
I put it on top after planting the seeds, I find condensation on.  I put a 
prepared seed starter mix into these containers and then planted the seeds and
watered them, trying to follow the directions stringently and so far I have
not
seen a seedling one in that tray.  I planted some of my extra seeds in little
4" planters which I had filled with growers mix then put some of the seed 
starter mix on top then planted the seeds.  These I put into large freezer
bags
after watering them and they have already germinated in 6 of 9 or 10 pots.
All of this was done on August 17th and the plant tray and pots were put
out on
the back porch which is somewhat sheltered and gets only limited sun, but this
is Houston and the temperature has been in the mid to high 90's for most of
the
two weeks.

	Some of the seeds in the plant tray are 4 types of chile peppers 
(including jalapenos, anaheim, New Mexico Hybrid #6, Hungarian Wax); one type
of basil; common thyme; summer savory; catnip; catmint;  and 3 others I can't
think of right this minute.  All were either herbs or peppers, or possibly  
fountain grass and liatris.

Am I being over anxious about these plants because the ones propogated in pots
are already germinating & I have seedlings growing or is it possibly a problem
with the seed tray contraption?  I am debating on whether to try some more
seeds but I don't necessarily want to give up on the group I planted just less
than 2 weeks ago.  Also, I would like to know what efforts I should make in
the
pots to thin out the seedlings that have propogated there not very big and
only
have about two little leaves on each one.

  Of course we are in Houston, TX which is zone 9 Texas Gulf Coast with all
the
inherent problems involved in propogating and growing plants when it is real
hot and very humid.

	That is my story and questions so far.  I sure would like to hear what
some of you expert seed growers have for advice to me and instruction in this
new adventure.
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       William M. Groth
       groth@ruf.rice.edu
       Senior Staff Auditor
       Internal Audit Department
       phone: (713) 527-8101 ext.3759
	fax:  (713) 285-5927
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