Garlic Chive seedlings!

On the 2nd of the month I posted about my little indoor garlic chive seed experiment. 2 of 3 cups have seen a few seedlings emerge. The first seedling in cup 2 emerged December 10th, while I first spotted a seedling in cup 3 on the 13th. 8 and 11 days (respectively) after planting. Cup 1 still hasn't produced any visible seedlings. I am not worried though, as I read that garlic chives typically take 12-15 days to emerge.
Given the success of this trial, I plan to plant most of the remaining seeds in late dec/early jan.

Garlic Chive seed planting (indoors)

For the sake of getting something growing in the apartment I planted some of the Garlic Chive seeds (from my last post) last night.

My supplies: soil, yogurt cups, tape, toothpicks, spoon, x-acto knife, plastic food container, scissors, marker, seeds & plastic wrap (not pictured)

Step 1-Use x-acto knife to cut small holes in the bottom of the yogurt cups:

Step 2-Fill yogurt cups with soil, place seeds in soil, sprinkle a little soil over the top & moisten soil:

Step 3-Label the yogurt cups:

Step 4-Place yogurt cups into food container. Place toothpicks in yogurt cups:

Step 5-Place plastic wrap over the container/yogurt cups resting gently on the toothpicks (so as not to bake the seeds). Do not seal the plastic wrap, leave room for air to flow:

The final product (above) is now resting atop a kitchen cabinet until sprouts are visible, when it will be transfered to a sunny window. I like this little setup because the materials were found within my living space. Better the yogurt cups and food tray go to use then getting tossed in the trash/recycling bin.