2 week Update
They are coming along great I put them over into separate cups, drilled a hole in the bottom of the flower cup before filling it with dirt and in another empty cup I put a gravel to set the flower cup on top of so I can bottom water the flowers. #garden2025 #flowers #seedlings
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