Is there any way for you to set up a wicking system. I will try to describe one, but you can use different materials... Take a 1020 tray with no holes and add one inch of water. Then set a baking rack in it so it sits out of the water. Then lay a piece of paper towel, cotton cord... something that will draw water, over the tray so that the ends are sticking in the water and then set your seedlings on that so that the seedlings can wick up water via the cord/papertowel... I know it is a long shot but worth a try. The other thing I would try is getting them into bigger pots to hold more moisture. Or setting them in a 1/2 inch of water and putting a fan on them... that would increase the chance of dampening off but you may get lucky. Good luck, don't let it ruin your vacation : ) Keriann~

Glad to be of help Tracy. The only thing that I have come up with on reflection as to number of seeds is that I might be hesitant to allow a newly planted clematis have too many seeds develop since seed production is a big energy zapper to the plant. Possibly this might sap too much strength from the plant but then again, providing the plants with plenty of nutrients might counteract the energy used up for seed production. It probably won't be an issue any way since most of my newly planted clematis have never produced many, if any, seeds. Established plants shouldn't be affected at all.

Sorry everyone! Was on vaca for a bit up in northern Maine, and I stayed at a friends home that had the largest south facing windows and skylights you could dream for. I was so jealous. You all know why!!! Right in the middle of corn fields mind you. You could here a fly winds flapping as it went by a hundred feet away, it was so quite and tranquil. No paved roads to get there.Miles of dirt road to get to his home. Does anyone here live like this? lol So what, my citrus would of loved to sit in that house all winter,, Anyways here is a couple of pics I took today of the tree.. Nancy, thankyou for directing others to the older pic..:-) Tsmith, thanks for the info and instructions! Everyone else, thankyou for the compliments and support. You are all such a great bunch of people..You make this forum alive and fun! Love you all! P.s...Luckyladyd, I wouldn't have a clue. I always buy my trees labled, usually have no problem caring for them, especially with all the help I have learned from others here. So sorry. I would post a pic of it, and so someone would recognize it, someone like tsmith, rhizzo, or anyone else who knows the citrus much better than I do. I would start a new thread. Give it a shot..Good luck! Thach, let's work something out k... Phone number is 978-376-6561 E-mail is mikerno_1@yahoo.com

de, I don't think you should be having so much trouble keeping your soil moist overnight. I'm wondering if you moistened the mix (specifically the peat) when you combined the ingredients. The peat can be problematic. Personally, I just put a small hole in the bag, and put the hose into it for a while to moisten the peat (let it sit a day or more afterwards) before I add it to the mix. If you didn't moisten the peat before you put your seeds in, chances are that the mix is just very dry (and dry peat will allow the water to flow through, rather than be absorbed). If that is the case, you will need to give your mix a LOT of water, slowly so as to not wash out your seeds. But, at the same time, you may not have success anyway, if the mix isn't moist anyway.