Sounds like you used garden soil or compost in your seed starter.. You might have seed corn maggot, L.B. ~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 09:55:16 -0800 From: "Susan And Graham Marshall" <abycats@nightmist.ca> Subject: [CH] worms Hi guys. I have a new problem. I have these little tiny black flies around me plants and since I have had them I started to have some problems germinating seeds. I started to dig up the seeds that didn't germinate to see what happened and found tiny clear coloured worms eating the seeds. What are they and how do I get rid of them?? Will they harm my already establihed plants? They seem to be exceptionally fond of the jamaican hot chocolate and the aji browns. Please help me find a way of nuking these ugly little buggers. Regards Susan