Update: Lighting

my windowsill is still not getting any direct sunlight but the parsley and chives seem to be doing okay without. the tomato plants under the fluorescent light are doing much better than the tomato in the windowsill (which has hardly grown).

today i worked on a better setup with my fluorescent light so that i could fit more plants under it. i had to choose which plants should receive the better lighting.  i moved 1 mint and 1 romaine under the light (the other pot of mint and romaine seedling are in the windowsill).

here are the plants under the fluorescent light:

• Kitchen Herb Pot
• 2 tomatoes 
• both buttercrunch
• 1 mint 
• 1 basil
• 1 romaine 

and these are the plants in my windowsill:

• 1 tomato
• 1 mint 
• 1 basil
• 1 romaine
• 2 parsley
• Windowsill Herb Kit 

Completed the Kitchen Herb Pot

because i followed the instructions on the Windowsill Herb Kit, i was left with a lot of seedlings that i couldn't bare to thin. so instead i am giving some away as gifts. one of the gifts is an 8 inch pot with 3 types of herbs (basil, parsley, and chives). today i put all of these plants in the pot where they will stay. i have never done anything like this before so i hope it does not get too crowded (i don't really know how big they will get).

freshly planted herbs - 3 basil, 3 parsley and 2 small clusters of chive

the parsley and basil seedlings are from my Windowsill Kit (see an example of the transplanting process here), and the chives are from the 2 yogurt containers.

Potted Up Last of the Seedlings

today was a big day for my seedlings! all of the seedlings in Greenhouse #1 and the basil from my Windowsill Kit have been transplanted to bigger pots. i have some pots under the fluorescent light (2 tomatoes, Kitchen Herb Pot, and buttercrunch) and the rest on are on my windowsill (where i really hope some sunshine will come through soon).

beforebeing transplanted the basil was becoming too crowded and the small plantsunderneath were not getting enough light.

i potted up the basil seedlings to 2 small pots and the Herb Kitchen Pot

i potted up the basil seedlings to 2 small pots and the Herb Kitchen Pot

mint was thinned and potted up to 2 small pots

mint was thinned and potted up to 2 small pots

buttercrunchpotted up to 2 yogurt containers

parsley, chives, and basil planted in Herb Kitchen Pot

romaine potted up to 2 small pots

romaine potted up to 2 small pots