Hi Northerner,
I wet my soil in a small bucket and then place it in the containers. While they drip in the sink, I choose what seeds I'm going to sow, get the tags done and then go for sowing, placing tag, placing cover. So that soil is saturated.

Every day now when I check the conatiners, I have to tap, tap, tap the tops to get the condensation down so I can see if they've sprouted. Lots of condensation!

Things have really started sprouting in the last few days, but there's still lots more to come.

Condensation is good. As long as your containers drain well, I wouldn't worry about it. Things should be fine.

Hi Tiffy:
Thanks for your input. After reading your post, I think your point about good drainage is probably key, because today I went out and actually took the lids off some of my 2-litres, to find that they were quite dry,even though I had put some out 'dripping' and lots of them were filled with snow after being covered most of the winter. We have had about 5 days of unseasonably warm weather and they are in full sun so I guess that does a good job of drying them. Tomorrow I will get the hose out to wet them. I will definitely stop worrying about over-saturation - especially for my spring sowing. Tomorrow, I plan to sow my salvias. I am planning a new 'salvia' bed and I have a collection of about 8 different types, including Yvonne's salvia. Really looking forward to that.
Northerner.

Hi Northerer,
I too have had lots of condensation on the inside of my bags. So I chose to open them up a 'smidgin' for a day. All of the germinated pots are opened completely until the seedlings are taller.
I do want to suggest you have some sort of shade cloth over top of your bottles, pots. Or, groan, move all of them to a shadier site where they won't dry out on you while you are at work, etc. I believe I read Nicole has done that already.
I put a thermometer into a pot one day and was surprised to see a 29 degree C. temp! The present hot weather is helping to germinate faster but it is also going to cook some of the seeds too. Some of my annuals are not sprouting and I wonder if it's just too hot or perhaps the seeds are too old. LOL

Thanks for the 'heads-up', Sharon. With the continued summer temps. here I realize I would have needed to water twice a day, so today, I took the time to move them all.
Almost everything has germinated now, so I have all the tops partially off, and the majority will have only a few hours sun in the afternoon, while the poppies are in an area with a few hours of morning sun. I'll see how that goes for the next few days. Still wondering if to hold off an a few annuals I have left. They are some rare salvias which were sent by a friend who knows I am doing a salvia bed this year. My 'river' next to the fence has finally dried up and I am amazed to see some Siberian Irises poking their little heads through. They were sent to be as transplants last summer and the foliage all dried up so I thought they were done for but these little troopers have been under ice,snow and water for all these months and they are still surviving. I will soon need to amend the soil for my pole beans, and I will have to make a new bed for my Lychnis - they all germinated - thanks Tiffy. It's getting so exciting.