The begonias that I sowed in vermiculite are a bust. Dragon wings seem to have just disappeared. Boliviensis is there, and green, but really not growing. With a magnifying glass, I can see that some have one true leaf, but I still can't see them without a magnifier. I won't do that again (i.e. use vermiculite for such tiny, slow growing seeds).
The echinacea have done well. I started Warm Summer first (in January), then Cheyenne Spirit and Pow Wow Wild berry a week later. The differences in the cultivars is apparent. Cheyenne Spirit are the biggest, healthiest looking, thriving seedlings. PWWB look good too. But a few Warm Summer croaked, (none of the other 2 cultivard died) and the remaining ones just don't look as big and healthy. A few of those are downright puny.
Karen
