Well, since my first batch fried in these 100+ degree temps in the last two weeks, I'm starting over again. I did, however, discover a whole bunch of nice little goodies that I should have used from the begining. I found this seed starting tray for less than twenty dollars:
and it holds 28 seedlings at a time. The tray is peat moss which I'll easily cut loose from the tray with scissors when the tobacco is ready for moving into a bigger area. The roots are really tiny!
Each of the 28 sections are about one inch square:
...And it has a plastic dome to cover the whole thing.
So, I'm starting all over again. BUT, we're thinking about moving into this nice house with a big garage where I can have the room to do the year-round thing.