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Wilted seedlings! :(
Wychelm
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I have lovingly grown a variety of seedlings in propagators on my window ledges. They were getting pretty big so I figured it was time to put them into some small pots.
They were all started in seed discs, and I potted them on into pots (still with seed disc intact) into John Innes 'potting on compost', with some perlite and some feed Grow Sure slow release plant food. I gave them all a really good water and put them back on the window ledges they have grown really well on.
Now, they have ALL wilted. Im not sure what has gone wrong but its pretty upsetting!
Can they be saved? what has gone wrong?
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Propagators can produce weak growth, annuals do better struggling a bit, they definitely should not have been fed, bit like feeding your young baby a big mixed grill dinner, there is still time to sow some more, using natures propagator.
Hi Wychelm, I use a heated propogator and do not have any trouble. I remove the seedlings from the heat as soon as they germinate. I never feed and pot on into ordinary compost (not John Innes) as soon as two proper leaves form. The propogator just encourages them to germinate a bit quicker.
Might you have over watered Wychelm? Did they have true leaves before you potted them on?
This is them. Theyre all with true leaves and they all had a pretty impressive root system already in the seed discs. I did give them a LOT of water. The feed is those multicolored slow release balls
if it is a case of over watering, will they come back?
The plants in the first picture look like maybe they have not had enough light and too much heat. What plants are they? Some plants grow better in cooler conditions like sweat peas for instance.
Is that vermiculite on the top of the compost or is it the Gro-sure granules?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.