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So I made the noob mistake of using backyard gardening soil for my seedlings. just tried transplanting a month old seedling, and the soil just crumbled away revealing the the whole bottom of the stem, shes gotta be a gonner. I have two left to transplant, is there any way that will make for a...

Two of my seedlings stems are pale yellow, same color as the cotyledons. They are 3 and a half weeks old, havent started nute feeding yet but will as soon as possible. But could this be a sign of nute def.? they were green about 10 hours ago, maybe underwatering?

I lost three of my men in the line of duty today, two are in critical condition, and two have minor bruises and scrapes. The culprit is damping off. The seedlings are 3 weeks old, under fluorescent light, in backyard potting soil(i know a mistake), at about 17 celsius. I don't know if it is from...

Would it be safe to stick a 360w metal halide bulb in a 400w metal halide ballast? EDIT: On further research I figured it is not good for the bulb

So I had six (two-week old) seedlings goin under a couple compact fluorescents. Unfortunately I broke one of the CFLs, and I know one won't be good enough. Until I buy new CFLs, would putting them under two 34w cool white fluorescent tubes be okay?

The best of my seedlings has all the sudden developed two tiny red/brown spots, one on each first true leave. I don't know if it could be deficiency because she is only 13 days old. The brown/red is right at the end of the vein.

I have six, 10-day old seedlings sitting 1-2 inches under two 13watt daylight cfls. Some seedlings are bending to the side, would it be necessary to add two more cfls?

Hello everyone, I have six , 12-day old seedlings going pretty good under two Philips 13w 6500k cfls. The room temperature is about 18 celsius. I was wondering if it would be better to have a 40w incandescent floodlight pointing under the plants to heat up the soil. Or to even have any source of...

I just spotted a tiny black spec of dirt or something on one of the true leaves of a new seedling, tried removing with paper towel and failed. Is it deadly?

some of my week old seedlings were fine a couple hours ago, now some have completely fallen over and one has died with a brown stem. what is wrong?

some of my seedlings that were doing perfect a couple hours ago have wilted over completely and cant be stood up what is wrong??@?

some of the stems of my 6 day old seedlings are a very light green, almost transparent, is that normal?

Some of my 5 day old seedlings need more soil added to the container. ironically my dad owns a small garden center and I was wondering if I can use some soil that I took from the gardening plants themselves(pretty much potting soil) and add that to the seedlings.

Hello I am on the forth day of my seedlings and was wondering to have them under either a 100watt incadescent light bulb or a 40 watt incandescent flood light. I know both types I just mentioned aren't going to work very well, but I was wondering which would be the best choice out of the two...

A couple of my new 3 day old seedlings are damping off, any reason why? They are under a 100 watt incadescent for now. and im trying not to over or under water

So I have 2-3 day old seedlings and its a beautiful clear day today would the seedlings be okay on a window sill? Btw its around 15 degrees celcius

So I just started my first seedlings a day ago or so, and the ones who shed they're seed helmet have a brown tip where the first leaves are about to start, does that mean anything or am I being too paranoid

newb question: One of my new seedlings just shed its shell and the top part of the root is purple/light brown, does that mean anything?

Hey I am attempting my first planting of seeds and need some help. I have placed 5 germinated seeds in cups of moistened soil covered with zip-lock bags and I was wondering if they should be placed under light at this point. Thanks in advance.