Coming back with a followup in case anyone else runs into this! Turns out they were lemon mint balm seedlings. They're growing very nicely. Thank you, purpleinopp, for making an html link! I have a add-on to my firefox browser that makes addresses into clickable links, so I completely missed that.

hey guys I'm from the Philippines, i have just started to planting thyme seeds. Please help me how to take care of my seedlings if it begins to sprout. I think its difficult to take care the delicate seedlings because it is very hot in here. Do i have to give the seedling their first sunlight? do i have separate them in different pots? thanks guys

Now is the time hostas are developing their root systems so I would get them planted now. As far as the landscape fabric, DON’T DO IT! I don’t know how experienced of a gardener you are, but if you lay it, one day you will be really sorry. Root systems get stuck in it. Plants and trees. I used it in a front bed probably 20 years ago, as a novice gardener and tho much has gotten literally cut and torn out over the years, there are still places where it got so intertwined with the trees ( which were just little arborvitae bushes at the time) that there is still black landscape fabric twisted around in the bed out front. The best thing to do for hostas is plant them, mulch them in good, not too close to the plant base and water them well. You never want to have to dig through fabric if you want to move a plant. i don’t know where you live, city, state and growing zone are helpful as what works for me here in Wisconsin, May not work for you if you are in Texas. We usually put this information in our handle which you can change in your settings. For today, wherever you live what I said is applicable. Seems you are knew to the forum, so welcome. We will enable you with hostas as much as we can. Good luck! Post your results! Debra

I HAVE to share my cilantro growing experience from last year. Last year was the first time I grew cilantro and I planted seedlings in June when it was getting pretty warm. I broke almost all the rules, mostly unknowingly, and it still worked very well. 1) Split each seed into two halves and sowed four halves 1/4 inch deep, equidistant from each other in 2.5 oz cups, about 2 inches across and 2 inches deep. 2) germinated on heat mat. Took almost two weeks to germinate even on heat mat. Most germinated. 3)As soon as I saw any germination in a cup, removed it from heat mat and placed in enclosed porch where they got morning sun. 4)when all the seedlings had at least one set of true leaves planted outside, about mid June. 5) The site was pretty shady, only 3 or 4 hours of sun. The soil was rich, soft and fluffy. Inverted the ball of soil out of the cup, nudged into the soft soil, mulched and watered. ALL the little seedlings grew into big stocky plants! I crammed what turned out to be 24 to 30 plants in a 2 feet by 3 feet rectangle, or smaller. In spite of the little sunlight and so many plants in such a small space the cilantro grew upright, vigorously and had fantastic flavor. And here is the kicker. I harvested leaves by holding a bunch and cutting straight across about 1 or 2 inches from the ground. For most part I did not cut all the leaves off a single plant but a bunch here and there from my dense clump. By the next morning I could see new growth at the cut surface. I cannot emphasize just how much cilantro I cut and harvested from this clump for myself and my friends. And I was harvesting till a little before Christmas until iit suddenly got too cold and I did not want to trek outside anymore. The plants were still growing back in Nov. Not a single plant bolted till mid November and then only a total of three plants flowered. The flavor changed late in the season. Dont know if this was because of the season changing or the plants getting spent. Still pretty full of flavor. I did water well and fed them with fish emulsion + kelp extract a couple of times. So, I germinated inside on a heat mat, transplanted outside in hottish weather, grew in mostly shade, harvested over and over and got cilantro into December from a planting from June and almost no bolting. I attribute all the good things to the variety I grew, Calypso. I bought three varieties, Calypso, Santo and Cruiser, just picked them out of a hat. I could not get a single seed to germinate from Santo or Cruiser so Calypso grew by default. That was one of the luckiest breaks. I am reading the description of Calypso carefully now and it does say very slow to bolt, can be cut again and again and makes big plants. The Calypso was from Park Seed. This year I will plant out earlier. @floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK my last frost date being April 25, I will try beginning of April? @kitasei2: Please give Calypso a try. I think it will work for you. You will get big bunches of cilantro. Same as you, last year the flat leaf parsley I tried germinated in a few days, a blink of an eye. I soaked the seeds overnight and germinated on a heat mat too. I planted them out so late they did not get very big though. Maybe they wont come back this year.