If your seedlings have suddenly keeled over… What is Damping Off Disease? What is Damping Off Disease? Great post. Balance in things usually is the key, as well as a bit of attention. Envious of your early gardening in CA.
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Does it look like the stems are rotting at the base? If so, it is caused by the "damping off" fungus. Try watering young seedlings with chamomile tea till they become well established. I mix up 4 cups at a time pouring 4 cups boiling water over 4 tea bags and let it cool to room temperature before watering. Im no expert but just heard about this on the radio. One thing that comes to mind is turning off the heat as soon as the first seedling emerges. The other tip which it sounds like you already follow, is to water when they get a little dry.
I was surprised to hear the advice to turn off the bottom heat as soon as you get a sprout. But it's worth a try! Good luck!!! I would not fertilize you seedlings until they get there first set of "True" leaves. True leaves are not the first leafs you see from the seedling, those are really for getting the seedling up out of the ground. The first ture leaves, will be after those. I generally use potting soil that has slow release ferilzer so that it dosnt burn or overfeed.
Dont let you soil dry out, usally withering is a sign of water stress. I have plants that I started back in Dec, as an experiment- they are huge and still thriving. Also cut the heat off once your seeds sprout up pretty well, and fairly tall. You're not fertilizing two week old seedlings are you? Otherwise it sounds like damping off.
Were you using clean trays and fresh mix? Did you have the trays covered? With damping off, the plants tend to rot off at ground level and fall over. It seems like these are actually wilting while they are still standing. Can you clarify this please Brian. If it is damping off, it's a fungal problem and can be overcome by adding some condies crystals to water until the water is just slightly pink, then spray the surface with a misting spray.
The light is also too high. The florescents should be kept no more than 2 inches above the seedlings. Otherwise they are going to stretch and get thin stems that can cause them to fall over also.
Thank you all so much for your fast response. I don't think it is damping off, the stem is still just strong, the leaves wilt around it while it is still standing tall. The reson that I was using rain water is because the site I got my seeds from says to not use tap water because of the clorine and other sh.. They say to use distilled water but I thought that rain would be pure too, no?
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