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Re: Hello and a few questions.

Take a clean pan and place your pots into the pan.  You can either fill the
pan part way with water before you put the pots in, or afterward.  Some
people let the water sit for a few hours so that the chlorine can evaporate
before you put in your plants and also so that in cold weather times, the
water is room temp and doesnt shock the little plantlets.   Either way, let
the pots sit in the water until the soil is evenly damp and then take them
out and let them drain.  Voila!  You've watered your seedlings.  As the
plants develop their second leaf, you can put some very weak fish emulsion
fertilizer into the water as well.

Also, I find that putting a quarter inch layer of fine sand or chicken grit
(which is crushed granite) over the surface of the potting mix REALLY helps
with preventing damping off.  This has been discussed several times on this
list and I suggest you search teh archives to reveiw the disucsions about
chicken grit and damping off.

Good luck!

Nan

PS Where in So Cal ar you?

>
>What's the best way to water from the bottom? Should I pour some water in
>and let the plants sit for a while then dump any remaining water out or
>what? I'm new to this and would like to do things right.
>
>
>Sam J. Bowling
>Third Dimension Illustration
>
>http://24.0.216.43/


Nan Sterman, Master Composter in residency
San Diego County, California
Sunset zone 24, USDA zone 10b or 11
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