It is best to water around the edge of the plant, not the middle as this way the roots seek the water OUTWARDS. One other thing Green taught me: Fill a pot with your soil mix and keep it unplanted and dry. Then, when you water your baby well, feel the wieght difference. Keep that pot with no plant and dry around, so every time you check your plant, just heft the two of them and you will know if it needs watering. Also, once you get true leaves make sure you soak that baby until water comes out of the bottom of the pot. Otherwise you will have dry spots and your plant roots will not grow towards the unused dirt.
And just to ward off the next q I know is coming, do not fertilize those babies until the first round water leaves have dried up. Then only a 1/4 strength for a while. More plants are killed with kindness than with neglect. and as Pappy says "don't forget, pot is a weed"
....and you are also hereby ordered to have fun!!!!
Peace |