Humboldt Afghani in the desert

The days have been hot so I try to keep the soil moist without overwatering. Put this pine needle mulch around the surface to try to keep the moisture in my soil from evaporating before she sprouted. She found her way through in the end. I water with a watercan. watered this seed pretty rough - I usually mist the water onto the soil after planting seeds but it seems the pine needles helped diffuse the water across the surface. I water them with about .5 gallons of well water over 2-3 pours to help the moisture absorb into the soil rather than of the pot. It is also windy most days which results in some conditions not unlike a Hairdryer the fabric pots can dry out on you pretty quickly so I try to check on her often. Weather reports of some decent rain for the next week hopefully if the temperature cools enough and we get a little rain we won't have to water her for a day or two. They seem to really explode with growth on these cool humid days. See yall next week.