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That would be the best guess - overwatering - especially if in self watering containers. Seedlings shouldn't ever be left standing in water or prevented from drying out a bit as is only leads to root rot and nutrient uptake issues.
I'd suggest you post this over on the Growing Tomatoes forum here since they have their own forum and include all the info you can about the potting mix used and what if any fertilizer you have given them.
Dave
Please read the Homeowners Guide to Pillbugs It will tell you what causes them and how to get rid of them.
Concur. Se's should not be a problem but SH2's are more susceptible to soil borne critters. Here we have corn root worms Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi, wireworm (Conoderus vespertinus), Corn leaf aphids (Rhopalosiphum maidis), corn flea beetle (Chaetocnema pulicaria) This one vectors bacterial wilt. European corn borers (Ostrinia nubilalis These coul cause the problems you describe, but I don't which if any are in your area.
If you have trouble with gophers and moles, try castor beans. You can buy them off ebay fairly cheaply.
While the plant that grows from them is very decorative, and the beans are the source of castor oil, fewer people realize that the beans are also very poisonous. One bean is more than enough to kill a mole or gopher.
Get some beans, and drop one down every gopher/mole hole you can find. They'll eat the beans, and you won't have to worry about them eating your corn roots ever again. They'll also die underground, so there's virtually no risk of secondary poisoning of anything else.
And like I said, the large bush that it grows is very ornamental. They grow really big, but die in a freeze so they won't take over anywhere that freezes in the winter. Just be careful to cut the flowers off when you see them if there are kids or other animals/pets around that you want to keep. Poison beans and all that.
matty12345 - there is absolutely nothing wrong with your rhubarb imo. Colour variations like that are common. Early in the year the plants get all sorts of insults due to temperature and moisture variation, the buds hitting an obstruction as they come up, passing gastropods etc. In parts of the US where rhubarb is hard to keep happy it might be an issue but here the leaves can be ratty and discoloured with no appreciable effect on the crop. Your rhubarb is ahead of mine but mine always seems a bit slow as it is growing in a frost bottom. I would just leave it be. However, if all the leaves are that size I wouldn't harvest much this year. Make sure it has loads of water if it doesn't rain and give it a good pile of compost or muck in the Autumn.
The RHS website makes no mention of redleaf disease and afaik it is not found here.
This is the third post of this question from you
Dave
Here is a link that might be useful: you previous post
It never occurred to me to pour off the excess water... now that you've all mentioned it, it seems like a no-brainer! It might be worth adding that tidbit to the faq's in the growing from seed forum for other idiots like me... Again, thanks for some great information everyone.
Spinach seeds lose potency after the first year. Always get new seed.
Spinach works best for me if planted on still frozen soil and then dusted with another layer of light soil.
When I tried to start a second batch after the soil had defrosted the results were not as good.