[CH] all my seedlings die on me

Karen Stober (kstober@us.ibm.com)
Wed, 23 May 2001 08:21:00 -0400

As usual, most of my seedlings died within hours after transplanting.  I
didn't disturb the roots.  But, by the following morning, half looked like
they had been pinched, had withered and fallen over.  So I watered the next
batch less.  Same thing happened.  A week later and only maybe a half dozen
of over a hundred seedlings survive.  The cats are sitting on the pots and
crushing what is left.  I had one pot where almost all the seedlings lived.
The cats knocked it over.  I managed to salvage most, but by the next
morning, all had withered and died.  The Red Kaka Beak from New Zealand
withered and died within an hour after transplanting.

What am I doing wrong?   All the pots and soil are brand new.

Karen E. Stober
kstober@us.ibm.com