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Agapanthus seedlings
We had a fairly mild winter in the South West and I managed to propagate some Agapanthus seedlings (from seeds collected in my garden) in my non-heated greenhouse. They're currently in a seed tray with a plastic lid as anything uncovered in my greenhouse seems to get munched by something - I lost all my sweet pea seedlings recently! - but are now touching the lid of the tray. Any suggestions for what I do with them next? It's getting just down to freezing some nights at the moment, and is very very wet outside. Thanks 
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Remove the lid katvet and leave them alone for now, don't over water. It may be worth searching the GH for snails as well.
If you can find some sort of tray, at least 2 inches deep, fill it with water and then stand an upside down seed tray in it you can put your seedling tray on top of that. Your plants will be safe so long as there are no slugs or snails already hiding in there. Fortunately, agapanthus don't seem to be very tasty. I lost most of my sweet peas too!
Agapanthus grow like weeds here, especially the blue variety - popping up in the smallest of spaces between patio slabs and in walls etc. We have to dig them out - some I replant in more appropriate places in the garden but most end up on the compost heap. If I put them in pots the roots eventually crack the pots as the plants matures. Snails and slugs love living under the large cool leaves of the Agapanthus plants.