2 week old plant dieing??

[jeremy19]

hey i have 4 two week old plants. Just today i noticed that the embryoic leaves (the round ones that are the first visible leaves) on one of that plants are turning yellowish brown. I am getting ready to transplant ..that plant is a bit taller than its pot. Other plants seem to be doin fine. is this because the plant is too big for the pot? I am using normal growing soil and a weed florsesent light bulb.

Any ideas on wut it could be?

jeremy19 Reviewed by jeremy19 on 04-27-2007. 2 week old plant dieing?? hey i have 4 two week old plants. Just today i noticed that the embryoic leaves (the round ones that are the first visible leaves) on one of that plants are turning yellowish brown. I am getting ready to transplant ..that plant is a bit taller than its pot. Other plants seem to be doin fine. is this because the plant is too big for the pot? I am using normal growing soil and a weed florsesent light bulb. Any ideas on wut it could be? Rating: 5

[madeline]

...nevermind. I misread the 4 weeks as two weeks for some reason.

It's normal for cotyledons to yellow and fall off at that age...no worries.

[4x5]

those cotyledons will wither and die on all the plants eventually, all they are used for is the initial jump-start of photosynthesis, when it starts to grow real sets of leaves (that photosynthesize better) , the cotyledons die off.

[KL4D4]

Ya the two leaves that first emerged from the seedling are going to fall off. I wasn't sure about it when I first started and posted pictures as well haah