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| I started a large batch of petunia, Sweet alyssum, and verbascum about 4 1/2 weeks ago. They sprouted quickly and looked fine, but they are still about 1/2 inch tall with only about 2-4 VERY small leaves. I'm not really sure what is wrong, they get between 8-10 hours of light a day and good water supply. Do you think there is any way to save these babies??
Also, can I post pictures of the seedlings? |
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| They need more like 14-16 hours of light and you could be keeping them too wet. Post pictures by downloading pics to a hosting website and copy the HTML code and paste it in your follow-up. |
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| Hi, If you will save your pics over at "photobucket,com"
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| Have you fed them anything? Most common cause is too wet. It cause root rot and slow, stunted growth. And I agree that more light is needed. Light is what triggers photosynthesis and that is what leads to growth. Dave |
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- Posted by gardener_z5 (My Page) on Fri, Apr 9, 10 at 11:51
| Ok, here is a picture of a few of them Sweet Alyssum Verbascum Petunia What should I do? Thanks for the advice! |
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- Posted by keriann_lakegeneva 5B (My Page) on Fri, Apr 9, 10 at 12:01
| WAY TOO much water. Get a fan on them and try to translpant them into moist (well rung out) soil and get them under lights that are 1-3" away from them. Do not water again until the top 3/4 of the soil is dry. It will be hard to regulate the water in peat pots, so I would transplant them into plastic containers. As Taz and Dave said: I would suggest keeping them under shop lights for 12-14 hours. Keriann~ |
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| While I agree that the soil does look wet, the seedlings themselves look healthy to me; not leggy (ok the petunia maybe a bit), not yellowing, not drooping leaves. I'd wager more light and possibly a weak dose of ferts and these guys will get going. Can I hazard a guess that you have these in a windowsill or some other form of lights than fluorescent? |
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- Posted by oilpainter 3 (My Page) on Fri, Apr 9, 10 at 19:03
| I agree with sleepy. The plants look healthy they just need more light. I also agree that with that amount of light they must be on a window sill. |
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- Posted by gardener_z5 (My Page) on Sat, Apr 10, 10 at 12:41
| I put a fan on them, and I will put them under shop lights for 12+ hours and see how they do! Thank you so much for all of the advice, it may just save my seedlings! |
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