Peek of a Leek

Well it has been over a week now, and here is the leek growing update.

Everyday I stare down at the soil of my leek trays with anticipation of a glimpse of green- as sign of life, anything!

Watering the tray the other day... I might have over watered it just a little. Typically I spritz the top of the soil with a spray bottle... it seems gentle enough not to displace too much water and disturb the seeds. My boyfriend on the other hand felt this was not adequate and poured water over the tray with the watering can I have for the houseplants. Ugh! I cringed thinking that the soil would become a willy nilly swirl of soil and seeds... but thankfully not. The soil was still damp enough to hold its place. So when things started to look lightly dry, I tried the watering can... then later on I realized that all the water just soaks through to the bottom of the tray... and sits there. Realization of this was when I picked up the tray to look at it more closely in the kitchen light (for signs of life) one night and was surprised by its weight. Pouring out the almost 1/2 inch of standing water into some of the houseplant pots, I vowed to go back to the spritzing. Then I became concerned... could this cause the seeds to rot? Plants need moist soil, but also need air or else they 'drown'.

So today again I visited the leek tray and gave it a spritz. Peering down I saw nothing... and noting the date... was feeling a little skeptical about the vitality of my 2009 seeds. Feeling a little defeated I began flipping through my books and surfing online to see what I could do better. One site mentioned that germination can take two weeks... so I didn't feel so bad. Then I looked again, obsessed with hope... and I saw it!

Its not time to give up just yet!