Day 8: Seedling Update

It's Day 8 of my indoor gardening adventure and I'm seeing some nice results.

All eight of my tomato plant cubes have sprouted nicely, and are ready to be thinned.

The rockwool cubes are holding their moisture incredibly well.  I did add some water to the bottom of the tray, but it probably wasn't necessary.

 The lettuce is coming up very well also.  There are some darker colored leaves coming up, and I was initially worried about some type of fungus or mold, but then I remembered the lettuce I planted is a variety pack with several different colors, so I think that's what I'm seeing...I hope.

The lettuce is ready for a good thinning.

Another very exciting development: the Globe basil cutting I was attempting to clone is putting down roots! You can see the fuzzy white roots at the bottom of the stem.

 I will put together a post specifically on cloning, but I wanted to make sure this plant took first.

So at this point, the sweet peppers, zucchini, and sunflowers have shown no signs of life.  I do believe this is because they germinate in warm weather and my basement is a bit chilly.  I found a seedling heat mat to place under the tray on Amazon.com for $20 so hopefully when that comes in they'll warm up and start growing.
I'm getting excited to transplant these into the DWC system, but I think I'll let them get just a little larger first. I'll also need to build a DWC system for the tomatoes and peppers, but that's another post...