My mom bought me a couple of the jiffy seed starting trays that she saw on sale somewhere or another, and I'm super-glad she did because the jiffy seed starter trays that I had were intended to hold the jiffy 5 peat pots, and I had two packages of jiffy 7 refills (which don't fit nicely in the 5 trays); these new trays she got however, are for the jiffy 7 peat pots...Yay! So I decided to try to start from seed some of the plants that should be started in fall in CA.
I have never had any luck with growing anything from seed. But I've learned a few tips and tricks so I keep trying...Tip #1 tamp the soil down after planting the seeds, so there is good soil/seed contact (Thank you Annie of Annies Annuals for that tip). Also, this is the part I usually screw up on, but you need to prevent the seedlings from dying of rot (damping off) where the seedling is too moist next to the soil. I have yet to figure out the secret to this. I am putting these seed trays next to a south facing widow with partially open vertical blinds. 
Here's a list - Seed tray 1:
- Sweet Pea
- Echanecia
- Freesia
- Cynglossum
- CA Bluebells
- Lunaria
- A weed from my backyard
- morning glory
- CA Poppy (white)
- Seed tray 2: Mimosa from a neighbor
- CA Rockcress
- Blue-eyed grass
- Nicotiana
- Flat-leaved Parsley
- Tree from UC Davis Arboretum
- Delphinium Summer Blues
- Dill
- Penstemon Rocky Mtn.
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