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Hi. I am starting phlox seeds indoors. I bought the Jiffy seed starter with those peat things. The seeds have started growing and I beleive that I have to wait until there are 2 sets of leaves to transplant them into a larger container. My question is, the seed starter kit has a plastic dome for on top of it. Once all the seeds have sprouted, do I take the dome off? Do I put it in full sun then? (it is in the dark now). Sorry about my poor use of words, but I'm pretty new at this. Any kind of advice would be great. Thanks a lot!

Once your seeds have begun to sprout, take the plastic dome off or they could develop damping off. And, yes, do give them light at this point. Don't wait till they have all sprouted, they need light as soon as the first ones sprout. I wouldn't take them from dark to full sun. Ease them into the light a little at a time so they don't will from too much.