You can prise individual plants out if they are overcrowded. Moonflowers don't transplant particularly well. This is a plant that should normally be planted one seed to a pot (or maybe two, with the idea of killing any extras) where they can grow until they are ready for the garden. You could just chop off the extra tall ones if you think you have too many. If you can't bear to do that then remove the lid. If the petunias have started germinating then they don't really need the lid anyway. They shouldn't go outside until there is no danger of frost. Before you put them in the garden, thery should be hardened off by getting them used to the outdoors over a few weeks. Just an hour or two in the sun the first couple of days, then all day, then leave them out all day and night, just bringing them in if there is a particularly cold night. After the last frost, they can be planted out.

Hang in there Terrene on that Polemonium; mine just started germinating about a week ago (after I had STOPPED look down the sprout of the jug - do you think it's one of those "a watched pot never boils" senerios?!!!) I have about 15 containers out of over 200 that have not germinated. Some of those are "doubles" of the same plant (different variety or different seed source) and those I have pretty much given up on if the "twin" has sprouted weeks ago. A few (Like Toad Lily) were new to me this year and I thought they were goners and then "Wa-LA" sprouts appeared. I won't toss anything till Memorial day.

Ellenr, My soapwort (the trailing, ocymoides type) did not flower it's first year. It filled itself out quite nicely, but I had no idea this stuff was so vigorous! I have it planted around my daylilies and it's pretty much hiding the foliage. I'll have to take a picture when the rain stops to show you the clump that's about halfway to full bloom. And I guess I'll move my primula jug in a cool, shady corner on my back porch and see if that'll get them to sprout. Karen

Wait. Most germinate within a couple weeks but some take much longer. I've had brug seeds sprout after a couple months. I had one come up in a pot of Mexican Petunias that I'd planted in recycled potting mix. As long as they don't appear to be rotted they should eventually sprout. You mentioned that you were using Pro-mix. Did you pre-moisten the soil and are you getting good contact with the seeds? Karyn