I spoke too soon with that last post. I had vaguely noticed some of the zinnias were small, but they're on the top shelf so I wasn't looking too closely. Upon closer inspection today, whoa they're very bizarre. They're not only very small, but their leaves are crinkled and just very mis-shapen. It's only some of them, though, and it includes some of the ones from last year's seed packet, so it's not a glitch from saving seeds...
And, some of the newer pea sprouts too, look mis-shapen with hardly any leafiness.
What the!!
Interestingly, it was around this time last year, on May 2nd 2018 that I wrote about everything stunted. However, a major difference this year is that everything else looks awesome, whereas last year nearly everything was majorly stunted.
This year I did not re-use any vermiculite or soil (recycled the used stuff into the backyard beds). And, I sterilized all containers (bleach water bath) before re-use. So, that can't be the issue...
Curious to see if this will affect the final sowings which will be done soon (cukes/zukes/squash).
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