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Ooh those look lovely. I suggest you think about purchasing one of those plastic greenhouse thingies. One that looks something like this : This will help keep the moisture and heat in. Also, you can try using heating mats under the pots and seed trays. I've also heard that old electric blankets work well for this sort of thing. Lastly you need to put the lights as close to the plants as possible without touching them. Otherwise your seedlings will grow very tall and spindly and will become weak plants. The roses would benefit from the stronger light too. also, nor humidity can bring fungus so be prepared to spray them should they get blackspot or mildew and remove any leaves or plants that become infected to avoid spreading of the disease. These things spread fast in such close quarters. You'll soon find that these grow lights are great to have for getting a jump start on seed staring each year. I've had petunia and marigold seedlings even start to bloom under my lights. And like Francis says above, you don't need fancy full spectrum grow lights for this. Any florescent light will do, but the brighter the better and more neutral is better too (not too warm, not too cool) as white as possible. If you are new to seed starting try starting out with Petunias. They are super easy to grow from seed. Also Zinnias, snapdragons and marigolds are all very easy from seed too. Happy growing!

You can't iron Sunbrella because it shrinks and that's what happened. The cording puckered when you sewed it because you didn't allow some ease and because the fabric feeds differently, top and bottom, if you're not using a walking foot machine. Then when you ironed it, it shrunk around the edge. Unfortunately, there's no fixing it. You'll have to start over. You can try taking the cording off by ripping stitches and see if the fabric reverts, but I don't think so.

Spores of mold and mildew are everywhere, all the time, waiting for the right conditions. Dry the moss out and take away their living conditions and it'll be fine. tj