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That bit of plastic bottle is too small imo. Get a proper pot or container like a yoghurt pot, maybe .25l. It MUST have drainage holes. Just fill it with seed sowing medium. Take a small pinch of seed between finger and thumb and sprinkle over the surface of the medium. Water from the bottom until it looks wet on the surface. That will be enough to bed in the seeds. I don't find any need to cover the seed. Put cling film over the pot and place somewhere warm and light. The seedlings should show in a few days to a week. Take off the film and remove from the bottom heat. Keep in a warm light place. When the seedlings are 2 - 3 cm tall and have at least 1 set of true leaves transplant to separate pots, or, and this is what I do, don't thin and grow them dense. Because, in my climate basil doesn't do that well because of lack of heat so the plants don't get very large. In your climate they may get big and need their own pots or in-ground planting.

Why not read through the FAQs here? They cover all the basics on how to grow anything from seed.

And surely you can find better containers to use than the plastic bottle you linked above.

But first you have to have mature, viable seeds. That means buying them or harvesting them only AFTER the plant blooms and then the blooms turn brown and dry on the plants.

Dave

Here is a link that might be useful: FAQs- How to grow from seed

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Love the Time lapse photo's.

Hope you don't mind us using it for reference.

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Thanks,
Shane

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Wow, no sidewalk. I like it. More grass, less concrete.

Be prepared to wait about 4 years to get fruit from it though, and you don't know what you'll get since they're like apples and don't grow true from seed. Better to buy plants in 1 or 2 gal pots and plant those, or root cuttings from older plants.

Best site I know of for blueberry growing info is from U of Maine

Here is a link that might be useful: U of Maine videos on growing blueberries

Just buy the 1 gallons during the fall when they go 80% off. It is probably the easiest way to get lots of edible berries fast.

I moved most of mine up to 5 gallon pots.

I hope these aren't still sitting on a heat mat. If so, remove them ASAP.

No they are not big enough to plant outside even if the weather permitted. As Zach said they are very leggy so I would transplant them ASAP into somewhat larger containers and bury all that stem. While you can transplant young seedlings to containers at any time most wait until they develop some true leaves just to make them easier to handle. I wouldn't wait on these as they are going to start breaking over, The weak stem can't hold up the head weight..

But unless you can solve the light issue I'm afraid they are just going to turn leggy again.

Good luck.

Dave

Those are definitely etoliated, and will need hardening off if you want them to have any chance of surviving outdoors. Here are some of my plants under a t5 light setup where the seedlings are generally within 20 inches of the light bulbs. You can use metal halides, HPS, LEDs, or anything with decent wattage.

For example, I have 4X 50 watt tubes, and I still feel like I would be better off with a stronger setup.

These are angled luffa and tomato seedlings.

They dried up again today, so I guess they are pretty much root-bound by now. I'll need to move them up to bigger pots tomorrow.

After separating them into their own pots, I have used up all the space underneath the t5 light.

Hopefully it warms up outdoors soon so I can get these guys outdoors.