PotterWatch
Deeply Rooted
I planted a tray of seedlings sometime in the last few weeks. We have been having unseasonably warm weather so I had the pots in a plastic tray to help retain moisture. I put a few small holes in the bottom of the tray but I didn't want too much water draining out everyday since it was so warm. Last night we had rain. I knew it was supposed to rain somewhat but I figured the drain holes would keep the tray from getting too full. What I wasn't thinking of was that they tray was positioned just right to collect water coming off the roof 
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The tray was just slightly taller than the pots I used and when the drain holes couldn't keep up with how much water was coming in, the tray filled up and the pots were underwater.
I went out to check on things to discover this mishap and poured off the water. Some of the pots are still ok, but some of them lost most of their dirt and therefore their seeds. I took them all out of the tray and put them on my potting table where they can drain. I filled them back up with dirt and am hoping a fair number of them survive.
The worst part is that they got all jumbled up so now I don't know what is where. I had planted 15 different things but several different varieties of things like beans, tomatoes, peppers, and squash. I carefully diagramed where the pots were in the tray and wrote on the side of each pot what was in them. Well, the diagram is useless now since they were all moved around and the writing probably isn't there anymore as they are biodegradable pots and the ink has probably been washed away (they are too wet right now to see if the ink survived but I doubt it). I was trying so hard to be careful in my planning so I didn't lose track of things. Now it's all shot to heck.
. The tray was just slightly taller than the pots I used and when the drain holes couldn't keep up with how much water was coming in, the tray filled up and the pots were underwater.
I went out to check on things to discover this mishap and poured off the water. Some of the pots are still ok, but some of them lost most of their dirt and therefore their seeds. I took them all out of the tray and put them on my potting table where they can drain. I filled them back up with dirt and am hoping a fair number of them survive.
The worst part is that they got all jumbled up so now I don't know what is where. I had planted 15 different things but several different varieties of things like beans, tomatoes, peppers, and squash. I carefully diagramed where the pots were in the tray and wrote on the side of each pot what was in them. Well, the diagram is useless now since they were all moved around and the writing probably isn't there anymore as they are biodegradable pots and the ink has probably been washed away (they are too wet right now to see if the ink survived but I doubt it). I was trying so hard to be careful in my planning so I didn't lose track of things. Now it's all shot to heck.
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