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Oct 15, 2016 8:06 AM CST
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Name: Kent Pfeiffer
Southeast Nebraska (Zone 5b)
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Plant Database Moderator Plant Identifier Region: Nebraska Celebrating Gardening: 2015
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They look OK to me. Are they getting full sun? They'll appreciate as much light as you can give them.

For what it's worth, I never fertilize my seedlings. Fertilizing irises is, IMO, the first step in a cascading series of events that end with rot. The closest I come to fertilizing is adding a fresh layer of compost every three years as I rotate through the seedling beds.

That being said, potting soil has a very limited amount of nutrients in it. The seedlings will only be happy in there for a few months. After that, they'll either need to be fertilized or planted in the ground. I try to get seedlings out of pots and into the ground within four months or less.

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