Marilyn,
Like anything, making the watering part of your daily routine is a great help. So each time you do the dishes, check the pots!
You can place the seed pots in a tray with water in the bottom, an inch or so will keep them wet for a good bit. The water will wick up into the pots and keep the young seedlings wet without flooding. Lynn uses a "mini jug greenhouse" to start hers that also keeps in water and the pests out. Some people put a plastic bag over the top of the pot or put glass over the top of the pot although they still dry out unless you add water or grow them in the tray with water in the bottom.
This year I've been giving the seedlings drinks of Quick Start right away and they seem to be responding as they are maturing faster this year. Many of the pots have seedlings with two sets of true leaves and many of the heuffs are more advanced than that. The seedlings will get watered with Quick Start once every two weeks and watered any time they look dry after they are rowed out. remember these are ALPINE PLANTS NOT CACTUS. I don't stray from home for more than a couple days until the seedlings are well established. Worse than raising puppies! I mulch between the rows of seedlings with aquarium gravel shortly after rowing out the seedlings and cover the whole area in bird netting. I have a problem with chipmunks digging up the babies so you might not have to do this in your garden. I never did in MA.
Hope that helps!
Kevin
