[Here is my cat Izzy digging in my parents' garden]
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I had several lovely rounds of repotting to do:
1) Last Sunday, I took my store-bought basil and rosemary plants (! I know, I know...cheating) and repotted them into larger vessels. Before repotting and notice the mint plant in the Ziploc:
2) I pulled a mint plant from the ground at my parents' house and transported it into the city in between some damp paper towels so I also had to put the mint in a pot with dirt
[Sidenote: the mint at my parents' house comes from a long defunct Italian restaurant in Bedford, NY called Nino's. Nino's, towards the end, had mint growing everywhere outside its main steps. My brother and I - we were around 9 and 10, respectively, at the time - pulled a piece of a mint plant out of the ground and brought it home. The rest is minty history!]
[Sidenote 2: After Nino's closed and its building languished for a decade or so, Richard Gere bought the space and recently opened a new restaurant. Minty fresh celeb news!]
3) Today I snipped the Jiffy pellet mesh off my seedlings and put them into big girl pots with real dirt. Before picture is below; dill on the bottom right really grew during the last two weeks.
However, The seedlings look absolutely tiny in real pots and some have wilted over - I will post a picture of how puny they look next week. Any tips on what to give the seedlings that will make them react the way Popeye did to spinach? They need a little muscle!
The store-bought basil and rosemary have been adjusting nicely to their new and larger surroundings and the mint seems very happy in its new urban setting
I also tore some of the mesh off my pellets, although I think the instructions said you could just plant the whole thing. I have barely been out to see how my plants are doing because it's always pouring rain when I'm at home. I'll update you soon.
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