Wow that sucks. I think we all have been there.

I feel your pain. Been there, did that, and will probably do it again. : )

Good luck with the rest, OP. This is my first time/season starting plants from seeds (harvested from nursery zinnias, and milkweed & tithonia seeds). I feel I may have gotten ahead of myself as many seedlings sprouted this week, and I'm headed out of town next week for a week...and weather here in TX is starting to heat up. :/ DH will be here, but gardening isn't his thing. I'll need to rig up a no-fail watering regimen for him to stick with, and I'll just hope for the best.

BTW, what type of vinca do you have? I'm only familiar with the common types sold at local nurseries and big box stores. I've tried them only once many years ago, but they succumbed to some sort of fungus.

What a shame! I've done that plenty of times myself.

1 thing I do to keep myself from forgetting, is try to put the plants where I will see them every day. You know the old saying, "out of sight, out of mind."...

Javiwa, I just have the common vincas sold in garden centers. I managed to get some natives once that were pink and white with a red eye, but they died and I haven't been able to find any more.

carol, I had them where I would see them every day. I just got too busy to look at them or water them.

I managed to find 6 more to put into one of the dead 6-packs, and I'm just going to pray a few more come up. I'm not hopefuly, though. It's already too hot for them to sprout, I think.