Quote Originally Posted by Gundari
So there was a cold snap a while back that killed the power to my house and because of that killed my plants (got down to like 10 degrees in the house) and that killed my mother plant and the two clones off her i had growin.

I've tried restarting with seeds several times and the babies always end up dead, and its beginning to get a bit frustrating. I'm not totally sure whats happening but I theorize they are drying out (not quite sure how). I start the seeds off in the paper towl in the bowl method and check fairly regularly so when i see the tip of the tap root sticking out I move it to the soil medium I'm using (hummus and manure + perlite that I've flushed the nutes out of). Plant the seed maybe half an inch or so deep and water the soil, several of them with push up out of the soil and seem to be healthy for a day or so then they just kinda droop over and die. Several others never even make it out of the soil and I end up digging out a shriveled up tap root when I pull them out.

So what am I doing wrong? and more importantly how do I prevent it from happening again? I'd really like to get another grow underway.

soil can't be too rich if you flush it out :-p