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Vegetable Seed - Doing something wrong

eppes3
16 years ago

Hi.. Trying to get vegetable seeds started and not having good luck

I am using

plastic ferry morse trays

good starter soil

seeds from park seed, cook's garden, etc.

Heating matt,

warm spot on back porch with filtered sun and a heater at night to keep air temp between 70 and 80 degrees

a fan to circulate the air after seedlings have sprouted

Here is how it goes.... I get the seeds to sprout to the 2 leaf stage and then they die.

1. Do i need to take the trays off the heat pad after the seeds sprout?

2. Should I put water in the holding tray that is underneath the sprouting tray to feed the plants from the bottom up. Because the top is drying out pretty quickly and i have to use the spray bottle 2 or 3 times a day trying to keep things moist.

Where am i going wrong????

Thanks J Eppes

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