Seeds germinate then seedlings dry up

From a fellow grower> Seeds all germinated but dried up;

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Did you have a humidity dome on them? Seedlings need high humidity at least for the first week of their life.

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Those peat pods are death traps.

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I find that they are very difficult to get right.
If you soak them and then squeeze out the excess, plant the seed and then put the whole thing in a solo cup with your starting media and cover with a clear dome. Maybe a few drops of water to help seal the peat over the seed, and I mean only 3 drops of water, then I have had good success. But I agree on their own they will drown or dry out a seed in no time. I use them with coco as I seem to have a few seeds that don’t want to sprout in coco coir but will in the peat pod.
Once I am out of those pods I will probably form a small pocket in the coco and fill it with something like Light Warrior starting mix.

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You can save a few of those seedling. Remove from pods an place in starter cups
With some happy frog or seed starter soil
Backfill the stems up to close to the floage.
Good luck

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With autos I would plant them in final container from the start. Transplanting can cause stress that can stunt growth. But that’s just my understanding.

Good luck.

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Like the others said not a fan of peat pucks they hold to much water which can cause dampening off which means the seedlings rot at the base and fall over it looks like you have a light problem your seedlings are stretching to much. I would suggest what @Spiney_norman said plant them deep in a solo cup and get them some more light

I’d recommend Rapid Rooter pods

I bought these months ago and they are all moist and stay that way with no mold. The only way a plant I start now fails is from my neglect.

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Hey man did u put that cup in light or darkness b4 it sprouted

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Light. I dont want a seed to break ground and stretch so it goes under 18/6 or 24 hr light.

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LOL I had the same thought.

I am guessing the clear cup is holding the dirt. Never mind I see your going to transplant soon. Good Luck Peace Out

That was a couple grows back. She have me about 5.5 ounces


It’s been legit 2 week this all I have from my autos and 2 of them dies first time not going to good
Want didbi do wrong

It’s supposed to be at least 70 degrees for them to sprout.

Exactly how I start my girls! I final container and under the lights… I don’t even use a window sill anymore… :wink:

I have a cheap Amazon light in a empty bedroom going to be moving to a 2x2.8 closet
Using a soil mixture of ocean forest roots organic and black forrest. Seeds are northern light from fastbuds auto/fem
Nutrients are general hydroponics trio
Plus, (gh)root growth and some grotone
In a 5 gallon pot as of last week watering every 2 to 3 days. As of now last week was my first time using the trio from general hydroponics smaller dose then recommend fill with a small spray bottle probably used a few drops of each since bottle was probably like 16oz 4/11 was start date I’m assuming I’m on my start of second week of vegetative stage but I’m not sure
I started seeing some discoloration in the leaves and in the new leaves as well don’t kno issue I will post better



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To my horror pods suck! They would either dry up too fast or stay too wet. I murdered 6 gorilla glue & 1 banana kush. Luckily I had 5 survive but quickly had to put into solo cups as after a day they were falling over. Getting up every morning reminded me when I was a kid with an aquarium going to check my fish & to my dismay the fish that I told would be compatible had killed some of the fish. Nothing worse than seeing something you care about look so happy before bed & waking up to see them floating on top