Also today

Found the old DuneCrafts dragon lair kit and planted it. The seeds are from 2007, so the germination rate should be at around 70%, but we'll see.

The kit contains two plants, the dragon tree (Dracaena draco) and the black dragon coleus (Solenostemon scutellarioides, cultivar "black dragon"), some dirt, a bunch of rocks, and a small plastic dragon. Oh and it's packaged in a small plastic terrarium that's about 8 inches by 3 inches, and 3 inches in depth with NO DRAINAGE HOLES so I'll have to be extra careful with the watering (and probably transplant everything afterwards). Dracaena's planted at about 1/4 inches in depth, covered, while the coleus's scattered on the surface and uncovered. The dragon's stuck in a corner because I don't really know what to do with it, and I think I'll try to keep it on my windowsill for a few days so it gets some light, though I'll have to move it off of my windowsill at night since my windows don't seal property and it gets pretty cold there.

The funny thing is, I've done my studying and I know that the water quality at Davis is horrible for potted plants and I've decided to stop trying to start plants here in pots. I took all my potted plants home over break (finally! It's been a gradual process of plant migration) and even dragged home whatever's left of the bag of potting mix I bought last year so I wouldn't be tempted to start new pots. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it), I didn't take all of my empty pots home, and some of them have dirt in them still. Come January, when it took me about two weeks to realize that I don't like being plant-less, I've given in, cleaned up two pots, and now I'm back to potted plants again (and using the water bought at Safeway to water them, so hopefully they don't die of bromate poisoning).