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Plants love the rain. Read that fact on Google. Not sure if anyone here knew that.

I tried growing some capensis seeds outside recently and then we instantly had a huge storm that washed all of them away.

I live in Florida so unexpected rain happens frequently.

What the heck am I supposed to do? I figured it'd be easiest to just get the seeds going outside considering our smoldering heat and humidity but I'm not wasting more seeds until I know for a fact that they won't just wash away.

I'm positive someone has experience with this. I just can't really find solutions anywhere.

Next time, do everything you did before, but under a cover of some sort. Under a covered porch. Under a table. Under something. They'll still get indirect sunlight and do just fine. That is, of course, if the heat doesn't fry them.

ChefDean wrote: ↑Sat Jun 25, 2022 11:39 pm Next time, do everything you did before, but under a cover of some sort. Under a covered porch. Under a table. Under something. They'll still get indirect sunlight and do just fine. That is, of course, if the heat doesn't fry them.

This has been the bane of my existence. I live in a subdivision. And coverage/shade is very hard to come by. The only thing to protect my seedlings in the yard is small outdoor table - and that's already crowded underneath.

Are there any solutions I can buy? Fabric covering, overhead covering of some kind?

Here's a 2in1 I use, put a plastic bag over the pots; raise the humidity and protects from the elements.

You don't want to use a plastic bag, that could easily fry them in Florida. Depending on how crafty you are, you could get some shade cloth and build a cover. Rain will still get through, but much more gently than the pounding storms.

ChefDean wrote: ↑Sun Jun 26, 2022 1:47 am You don't want to use a plastic bag, that could easily fry them in Florida. Depending on how crafty you are, you could get some shade cloth and build a cover. Rain will still get through, but much more gently than the pounding storms.

Plastic bag didn't sound good in heat. I really need to think about a way to rig some shade cloth maybe... Find the least light reducing material.

I will prevail one way or the other...