Day 1

As stupid as this blog may seem, I need a good bio grade, and this is the only way I can think of to keep all of this in order. So whatever.

Day 1.
I went to five different stores to find the perfect flower pot and perfect plants. My criteria were as follows:

- flowerpot must be transportable
- plants must grow fast

I finally settled on some foreign basil plants from Asia or something like that. It says that they should be ready to harvest in 18 days or so. I saw that and I was sold. No flowers to worry about, just grow some leaves. Awesome.

On the package it says to plant them some twelve inches apart, but being that I have about 2 inches of space to work with, I kind of just ignored that part. I put some old soil in the little flower pot, and then poked some holes into the dirt with a fork so I could put some seeds in there. These seeds are tiny!! They remind me of little celery seeds that you use for cooking. They are also the exact same color as the dirt, so I'm scared if they even went into the dirt where they belong.

I watered them thoroughly because I figure they need the most water when they're babies and still developing. I loosely packed the soil down so they can get all cozy in their dirt, leaving about a fourth of an inch of soil over them. I have a UV light over them right now, so they can get constant "sun". It's pretty cloudy right now, so I figure that this is my best bet. My mom uses this light in the spring for her tomato seeds, so it should work for my basil.