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Re: Peat pots/nutrient deficiency

Your peat pots should have nothing to do with a nutrient deficiency.
Typically, seed starter has very little, if any, nutrition so you have to
provide it yourself once your seedlings are old enough. As a preventative, I
would recommend putting a handful of bonemeal in the bottom of each container
each time you transplant. You should also fertilize your seedlings once per
week with a fish emulsion, manure tea or seaweed to keep them healthy.

As far as the mold, it won't hurt your seedlings, as long as you let them dry
out from now on between waterings. You need to only water your seedlings a
little at a time. I personally think you are doing yourself a disservice by
refusing to use peat pots anymore. If you use them correctly, they are very
beneficial and time saving. I wouldn't want to run the risk of my seedlings
going rootbound in plastic containers and peat pots help to prevent this
problem because they really can be penetrated by seedling roots. Perhaps the
peat pots you purchased were poor quality. I buy mine directly from my local
garden nursery.

Jess
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