Hi I have light pink babys breath seeds. I like so much on your trade list. Can I please give you the list? becky daisy, dahlberg daisy, crazy daisy, plains coreopsis, african daisy, verbascum violetta, nicotania chocolata, kiss me over the garden gate, lavender poppy, snap dragons, snow in summer, dwarf joye pye weed, helenuium red, maroon hollyhock, hollyhock mixed, galardia cherry brandy, marigold queen sophia, purple wave petunias, oriental poppy mix, sweet autumn clematuis, bird house gourds, marin house guords. I do not have many seeds, but if I can figure out how to list what I have -- I will do that. My email address is Ladybug4897@verizon.net. Please send me your address AND Let me know if you want the babys breath seeds. THANK YOU SO MUCH JOYCE

aggierose, your question re pot size is not dumb at all- I wondered that for years myself! The answers I came across indicate that unless your potting mixture (for young plants) is very light, nutritious, and free-draining, the closed environment of a pot holds too much moisture and too much air remains driven from the soil for too long. True, open ground CAN be so saturated (as after a heavy rainfall) there is no oxygen (especially in clay soils) in the soil, but usually water moves through the soil fast enough that it isn't a problem. Roots stop growing when there is no oxygen, and do so temporarily after a heavy rainfall. So your babies may be getting swamped (this can happen in heavy soil if you just amend a hole with lighter soils - the hole ends up being a sump that traps water). Also, if they are recently potted they have lost a lot of tiny feeder roots - so they need to replace those, plus you will have leaf yellowing and drop as the plant give up leaves it can't support right now, until the feeder roots re-grow. Which won't happen if the soil is heavy and oxygen -less. Without being there it is hard to say, I would be hesitant to tell you to repot again into a smaller pot and lighter mixture. If the plants re in danger of rotting outright you will have to, gently. Do the canes/stems still look good? Lastly I am still suspicious of your soil mixture - for me I have very, very rarely purchased ANY soil that I didn't need to amend (preferred) and a LOT of what I see has all kinds of junk in it - long-term fertilizers, wetting agents - it's getting harder and harder just to find good soil that I can lighten up with Perlite, sand, etc. That includes so-called African violet and cactus mixtures. For my own experience it is better to mix your own! I might try more than 2-3 hours of sun, at least more partial sun if your heat is strong. And do not fertilize at all until the babies are really growing!!! 5-inch tall plants need small pots with a light, free-draining mixture - you might try re-potting to a smaller pot and putting the small pots into the big pot (double-potting). Pack the space between the pots with insulation material (I've used newspaper, mulch, packing peanuts, even old dirt!)

Hmm, those look like pink baby's breath to me, Fran, but the seeds of my pink BB are fairly small (much smaller than hibiscus)and black. The seed pods are brown & roundish - try squishing with your fingers what you think are seeds - if they're actually the pods, they'll break easily & the black seeds will fall out. The other thing I can think your photo might be would be silene, possibly silene armeria, but those seeds are small too. Good luck figuring it out!

Ohhhhhh!! Camryn just melts my heart looking at her! I still call Maddie my baby girl and she's 6 now! Camryn can be your sweet baby girl for years yet! ;)