Quote Originally Posted by mscaboo
looks like overwatering,you are going to have a hard time starting a plant that small in a bucket that big.makes it almost impossible to tell when it needs water
That's a very good point. And if you water the whole pot, parts of the lower soil are going to pretty much stay soggy because there are not enough roots to use up the water, and you could get rot.

I'd say to water your plants use one of those cheap little plastic squeezy things they put ketchup in at diners, and just carefully water at the base of the seedling.

Generally you should start seedlings in a small container.