My seedlings are dying

[idlepimp]

Yes i just started growing about a month ago.

My seedlings started to hatch and were looking quite health when all of a sudden the started to wither up. They were planted in a miricle grow soil i have given them 18 hours of light with 6 hours of total darkness. When i pulled one up the roots looked small and bright white yet the stem was nice and firm. I watered them about once a week. the temp has been a steady 72-75 degrees. All of my seedling sprout and grew so fast that i had such encouragement for the future.

idlepimp Reviewed by idlepimp on 10-26-2008. My seedlings are dying Yes i just started growing about a month ago. My seedlings started to hatch and were looking quite health when all of a sudden the started to wither up. They were planted in a miricle grow soil i have given them 18 hours of light with 6 hours of total darkness. When i pulled one up the roots looked small and bright white yet the stem was nice and firm. I watered them about once a week. the temp has been a steady 72-75 degrees. All of my seedling sprout and grew so fast that i had such Rating: 5

[killerweed420]

Possibly overwatered. Thats usually the most common mistake with seeds or clones. Just spray with a bottle till they are up a couple inches and looking healthy. It sounds like the roots were fine so just put it back in the dirt and mist for a week or 2.

[bigworm1922]

What kinda MG did you use? Most of them have ferts in them and that could hurt them. You want to start with a seed starter soil or coco. I have started my in jiffy peat palets that you can get at Lowes or HD. I know allot of others use rapid rooters but they cost allot more.

[dlovejah]

You have to watch MiracleGro Soil.. I wouldnt recommend it unless its the OrganicMiracleGro that seems to work real well . Ive seen the results!! A lot of guys use that.. But the premixed miracle grow with ferts( those little yellow balls) can definately fry your seedlings.. I just prefer organic soil mixtures with lots of earthwormcastings and batguano to feed your plants naturally. d:rastasmoke:

[idlepimp]

This is the Miracle-Gro I used "Miracle-Gro® Seed Starting Potting Mix "

The seeds came up nicely. and then they would not move past growing more than 4 leaves. They would stop there and then begin to have the leaves shrivel and die. I tried moistening the leaves with a spray bottle and then the leaves started curling up instead of down.

[Weedhound]

How fast didt they "kick off?"

What size pots are they in? Are you sure they didn't just outgrow the soil and need more nutes? That's why I ask about the size of your pots.

The other thought is that you need to check the ph of the water you are using and make sure it's between 6.2-6.8.

[idlepimp]

My I checked my ph and it was fine. also And i also checked the nit level and postasium and phos and all good. They started growing in large cups with holes cut from the bottom. It took them about 2 weeks to die.

[idlepimp]

This is last phase i saw any of my plants in. The got this far then they all caved in on them selves. 8 of them in their own cup.

[Weedhound]

I'm afraid I don't quite understand what you mean when you say everything is "all good" as far a nute levels in your soil. There shouldn't be ANY nutes in your soil so my very first guess would be to change your soil. Someone above suggested overnute and or/too hot fertilizer and I agree. And I assume that again....by "fine" you mean that both your source water and your soil runoff are between 62-6.8. If anything is out of those ranges I would NOT consider it "fine."

I like to start my seedlings in rapid rooters, then once they reach the size of the one in your photo (a few days) I transplant them into Fox Farms Happy Frog in 4 inch pots for about 10-14 days. And mine do fine that way so I offer you the same option.

[TheXFactor]

Possibly overwatered. Thats usually the most common mistake with seeds or clones. Just spray with a bottle till they are up a couple inches and looking healthy. It sounds like the roots were fine so just put it back in the dirt and mist for a week or 2.

no... he said hes watering once a week. and besides u dont want to create extra humidity with a spray.. get a ketup bottle or something,pop a hole in the cap of a water bottle, and gently squeeze a little water on them, not to soak them but to moisten the area... if u soak them, the soil can get really dense and pretty much halt root growth. make sure the pots have good drainage, and a cirulating fan and relatively low humidity, 30-55%