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Indiana  Chandra83 May 10, 2018 7:15 AM CST |
| How do I keep my seedlings alive? I can get any seed to sprout and I can keep big plants alive but I cannot transition a seedling into a big plant. It's frustrating me, I don't understand the problem. (Tomatoes, herbs, trees) |
Name: stone near Macon Georgia (USA) (Zone 8a)     stone May 10, 2018 8:23 AM CST |
| yeah, me too. I prefer to start all my tomato seeds together in a large pot... then, I don't have to disturb them until they're large enough to separate and set out. What kind of trees are you trying to grow? |
UK Starfishmomma May 10, 2018 9:13 AM CST |
| Are you giving in to the temptation to keep watering and putting them at risk of dampening off? Are they spaced nicely so they don't develop fungi from lack of aeration and too much moisture? Are they in a good position and not straining for light, elongating and weakening? Do you put them out too suddenly rather than hardening them off gradually? What's going wrong with them exactly? Are you using any old compost or seedling compost (they don't need to much nutrition in the beginning)? |
Oklahoma (Zone 7b)  armyvet2013 May 10, 2018 9:32 AM CST |
Chandra83 said:How do I keep my seedlings alive? I can get any seed to sprout and I can keep big plants alive but I cannot transition a seedling into a big plant. It's frustrating me, I don't understand the problem. (Tomatoes, herbs, trees) I always direct sow my vegetables and herbs where they're going to grow to full height. For trees, I always sow one or more seeds into pots outside after the last chance of frost has passed, and this is whether I germinate them to sprout beforehand or not. I don't transplant trees until they've grown for three or four months. My experience with the trees is that I've grown Black Walnut trees from seeds (I only kept one as I intended to sell them locally), Apple (for rootstock), and Sand Plum. |
Indiana Chandra83 May 10, 2018 1:37 PM CST |
| I planted some jacaranda mimosifolia seeds and a couple other kinds of trees to bonsai, the sprouts were so healthy looking and then they just drooped over and never stood back up. I water them twice a day... my tomato plants are doing the same thing. Im using the soil that came with the bonsai seeds and seed starter soil for the tomatoes and herbs. Each seed has its own space in the container. Maybe too much water? |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost  DaisyI May 10, 2018 1:49 PM CST |
| Way too much water. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada Webmaster: osnnv.org |
Indiana Chandra83 May 10, 2018 2:26 PM CST |
When I looked up how to care for bonsai it said to keep the soil moist, guess it only meant until they sprout... oops. I'll cut back and see if the rest survive. Thank you all very much for responding. |
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