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Re: Seedlings drying and curling



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> From: Mark Speakman <markspkn@iol.ie>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: Seedlings drying and curling
> Date: Monday, March 16, 1998 5:49 AM
> 
> Hi Chris,
> I wonder is it really only seventy in that sunny window. Have made the
> mistake of thinking things like that myself. Could the plants be getting
> scorched ? Sunshine in a window even in cold weather can easily raise
> temperatures over 100F. Just a thought.
> Mark Speakman 
> Annaghdown, Ireland
> "Had I the heavens embroidered threads
> Enwrought with gold and silver light"
> markspkn@iol.ie
> 
> 
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> : From: Christopher P. Lindsey <lindsey@mallorn.com>
> : To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
> : Subject: Seedlings drying and curling
> : Date: 15 March 1998 19:37
> : 
> : Help!!!  :)
> : 
> : I have about a dozen Melampodium seedlings left out of an original 30,
> and
> : they're going fast...
> : 
> : First, some background.  I started the seeds in mid-February in a
soiless
> : mix comprised of milled spaghnum and vermiculite, covered them up and
> : kept them on a table over by the hot water heat registers.
> : 
> : The seeds germinated quickly, sending up shoots within 6 days.  I
> uncovered
> : them and left them in warmth for another week until all of the seeds
were
> : germinated.  At that point I moved them to a sunny window during the
day
> : (about 70 degrees), then moved them to the mud room at night (dark,
about
> : 55 degrees).  I've continued this for the past two weeks.
> : 
> : Oddly enough, the sprouts aren't growing any more -- the true leaves
> : haven't even emerged yet, and it's been a month.  I'm not sure if it's
> : my imagination or not, but the seedlings look more yellowish too.
> : 
> : Then the cotyledons began curling on the edges, turning black, and
> : falling off.  This just left the pale white stalks sticking up into
> : the air, sans any kind of foliage.  I've since lost about half of my
> : seedlings to this mysterious ailment.
> : 
> : Thinking that they may need better soil, I transplanted my seedlings
> : into a potting soil/perlite mixture with spaghnum moss underneath, and
> : this appears to have checked the problem.  This was about a week ago.
> : Now today I noticed that it's starting again on one of the seeds.
> : 
> : They have good temperatures, enough water (although maybe too much), 
> : and good ventilation.
> : 
> : What can I do?  Are they lacking in nutrients?
> : 
> : Chris
> sounds like damping off...very common when rainy,cloudy weather persists
for days (or weeks) the way its been for some time.. to help prevent this,
try not to over water, when its 100% humidity, the seedlings don't need to
be watered, unless the soil visibly looks dry(when you have lights this may
 be more often than when you don't. also try a fan to help the air
circulatuion.  good luck ...  christain   blondeey@hotmail.com
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