WTF Seedling "Jumping" out of soil

so i had just germed 20 seeds, 15 came up, the next day, 4or 5 have literally up rooted out of the soil, and some of them have there first leaves eatn in half.


Whats the problem w my seedlings, not deep enough?

im already takn losses early in the season

they werent digged up either bc i had cling wrapp over top of my seedlings to create a greenhouse effect, and control the humidity

how far into the soil did you plant the seeds?

well i mean the tip of my index finger, maby half a inch?

Is that the problem, i mean i just replanted them but i dont want them to continue to jump out of the soil.

outdoor master said:

so i had just germed 20 seeds, 15 came up, the next day, 4or 5 have literally up rooted out of the soil, and some of them have there first leaves eatn in half.


Whats the problem w my seedlings, not deep enough?

im already takn losses early in the season

they werent digged up either bc i had cling wrapp over top of my seedlings to create a greenhouse effect, and control the humidity

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what exactly do you mean "eatn in half"?

OK one of them was literally eatn in half, meaning the first set of leaves were gone, and all was left was the stem still in the soil. Some of them have there first leaves biten in half.

And some of them were jumping out of the soil, tap root and first set of leaves out of the soil...

wtff help me so this doesnt happen again

outdoor master said:

OK one of them was literally eatn in half, meaning the first set of leaves were gone, and all was left was the stem still in the soil. Some of them have there first leaves biten in half.

And some of them were jumping out of the soil, tap root and first set of leaves out of the soil...

wtff help me so this doesnt happen again

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Hmm very strange. what kind of soil/medium do you use?
Any strange bugs around your house lately?

well there outdoor and covered up with cling wrap

dude you got critters eating your girls
Moles, mice, rabbits and a but load of others will eat your chit

loco, I was just about to ask if he has a cat nearby.
I would as well suspect animals.

locoman610 said:

dude you got critters eating your girls
Moles, mice, rabbits and a but load of others will eat your chit

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deffinately sounds like a rodent, weird that they didnt just grub the entire shoot though.

aaawwww, I feel so sorry for you

same shit here but i got chicken wire around mine so no rodents cant get 2 it but theyre still getting annihilated every day.
i tried putting seven dust on the girls it only helpd 4 a couple of days. also when i looked at the root system in 1 it had like a spiderweb thing where the seed busted through its shell and the lower part if the stock is brown. on other seedlings they have much bigger root systems. any ideas? these bugs are pwning me this year earley on it looks like the work of a grasshopper or cattipeler beacuse whole leafs have ben "cut" in 1/2 but i havent found a coulpret yet.