Did I burn my little seedlings?
Posted Feb 8, 2021, 5:08 PM UTC
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Could be damping off. Keep the soil moist, not wet.
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Thanks for the suggestion, ill stay off the water for a little bit.
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I think you might have damped them off- aka they are dead :[
I solved this by doing less water for soil germination.
I do all my germinating via rockwool cubes now and get great germination rates.
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Yeah that's something I considered aswell, was kinda shocked to see the replies here saying this might not be that bad...
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I have a few of them which just germinated and their tops are burnt/brownish like this one.
I do use a grow light.
I also have 2 which germinated but instead of going up in the air they are trying to go down into my soil again... anyone got a clue what's up?
That’s just how pepper seeds germinate. The root shoots down into the growing medium. If the seed is oriented upside down, then it will shoot up and then back down towards the moist area. Once the roots have gone down far enough, the embryonic leaves will start to push out of the ground and up towards the light. They will often still have the seed shell on them until the leaves push it off.
As for the brownness, I don’t see anything that looks like light burns
Agreed, they look fine to me. They just haven’t fully emerged yet.
Thank you for your comment! It's really insightfull.
About the brownness, maybe I made a bad photo but the top 1/3rd of it is brown.