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Beet seedlings toppling over - what's wrong

sklett
13 years ago

Hi,

I've been observing some issues with a few of my seedlings I started 1/6/11. Some of them seem to just fall over, as if they can't support their own weight. I've read about damping off and I don't "think" that is the problem, my theory is that the seeds weren't sown deep enough or that the top seed mix wasn't pressed down firmly enough so the seeds aren't fully supported.

Either way, I plan to start several more in the coming weeks/months to transplant through the season and I want to correct my mistakes as soon as possible. I'd really appreciate if anyone here could take a look at the photo and maybe see if you know what I did wrong? Or at least make a suggestion?

Photo here on my blog:

http://steveklett.blogspot.com/2011/01/round-2-emergence-sad-seedlings.html

Notes and photos of the sowing here:

http://steveklett.blogspot.com/2011/01/seeds-have-arrived.html

I'm observing similar issues with my arugala and claytonia.

Thanks,

Steve

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