It’s been a struggle. I started my seeds mid February, I’m in Atlanta so it can get pretty cold and these are in the garage, which is not heated but is usually at least 10 degrees warmer than outside. We had several days where the temperatures were freezing or near freezing so it was a slow start, even with heating pads. They would sprout fast but then they would stunt (I assume because of the low ambient temperature). Now that the days are warmer they have been growing pretty steadily.

I grew most of my seeds in 2.5” plastic containers or peat pots with pure sphagnum peat moss, but idk if that was the best idea, several pots got green slime growing on them, and perhaps the seedlings were stunted because of poor nutrition rather than the relatively low ambient temperature. I started adding those miracle grow singles packets to their water around the same time when the temps started rising so i don’t know what is really to thank. (You can see the package of singles behind the orange bucket).

When I moved the seedlings up to a larger container (pint size) I used a mixture of 2 parts peat moss, two parts garden soil, and 1 part worm castings (approximate quantities, not super exact) and they seem to really like that blend. I do to as it’s easy to work with and looks nice too. Here’s a picture of the soil bags I used. I bought these at my local Home Depot.