I was just a few hours early when I posted last night, because by the time I went to bed all three were up! That's 48 hours from tails in the water to breaking ground, which is pretty quick in my book.
That said, I'm calling today day 1 (day 255 of the year for easy reference). Here they were this morning when I woke up:
Time to get them into solo cups in the overcast orange glow! As I have mentioned before, I tear open the bottoms of my peat pots before I drop in the seed, so that tap root doesn't get caught in the mesh (notice the tiny tap root in there?):
And before I plant them, the entire cover comes off:
Many folks say it makes no difference to the roots to leave it on, but any obstruction to the roots is a negative in my book.
And here they are in the solo cups (red are the Colombian Gold, pink is the Durban Poison):
Anyone want to guess the sex on the CG's yet? #1 is top left and #2 is on the bottom. Get your votes in early!