How hard can it really be to start plants from seeds?  Apparently, some seeds are simple, trouble-free growers while others are veritible hostage-takers needing constatnt vigilance.  Like little chlorophyl babies, they need time, attention and monitoring throughout the day.

It can be a love-hate relationship between me and lisianthus.  I LOVE it as a cut flower.  It seems to last forever in a vase, well beyond when other flowers fade.  But it' a bear to start from seed.