My eggplants keep dying 1 month after germination.
Muhittin Topalak
6 years ago
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Eggplant Seedlings, how warm to grow them after germination?
Comments (15)Hi Anney, I started my eggplant seeds at the same time as my tomato seeds (Jan 19) under identical conditions for both the tomato and eggplant seeds. The first eggplant seeds germinated on Jan 23 and the last came up on Feb 4. Some of the seeds were several years old and other were new this year. The age of the seeds made some difference - all of the new this year seeds came up by the 25th, but so did one type that was from older seeds. FWIW Grandad, Yikes! I can't imagine an 8' tall eggplant. I just checked the description on TGS and they didn't note that the Rosita was a large plant. I'm wondering if there are other varieties you've grown that get, say, over 4-1/2' to 5'. This year I'm growing lilac, neon, black beauty, Florida high bush, vittoria PS, long purple, and Fengyuan purple. Do any of these grow esp. large in your experience? Anne...See MoreMy cuttings keep dying :/
Comments (11)I have some mint in water and the only reason I did it that way is because the lady that gave me my current mint plant, got it to root that way. My mint plant is in a pot and it's gotten very dense. I didn't want to prune and toss, so I'm attempting water. Lol. Potting mix is basically a mixup of peat, compost, sand, perlite, fertilizer, and whatever else. UPDATE: I tossed the cuttings from the pictures I posted. I tossed everything and I started over with only 1 blueberry cutting (from a purchased blueberry bush). I'm only doing 1 because it makes me sad to see them die. Also, here in Houston, TX, it's been rainy and VERY humid, so I cut more openings in the cover of the greenhouse so they can better ventilate when covered up. I pretty much just want to experiment with it. I'm not trying to sell or anything. I'm so fascinated by propagation! Fingers crossed!...See MoreWhat did I do wrong...spider plant dying after 1 month
Comments (31)Oops--did you let the fine roots themselves dry out? If so, they're almost certainly dead. What you want to lose the excess water in the soil, which will leave moist, not wet, soil that will provide oxygen from air between the soil particles to keep the finest roots aliive. Dead roots can't take up water for the leaves, which is why an overwatered plant generally looks just like an underwatered plant. Still, that little cluster of healthy leaves tells me that there are enough roots to allow the plant to recover--eventually. It will take some time for that to happen, and the water retentive soil will make it a challenbe to provide them with air and moisture, but if you're careful the fine roots will grow back enough to support healthy new growth aboveground. Of course the alternative is to get a new healthy plant and use what you've learned to keep it that way. No judgment; you'll have to decide for yourself whether to keep working on this one or give yourself a fresh start....See Moredoes it hurt to keep hting mat on under seedings?after they germinate?
Comments (19)It may be that overly warm soil causes plants to grow leggy, but warm conditions in general greatly speed growth. They certainly don't cause plants to grow leggy. Besides, who cares about hardier plants that are five inches tall, because when they get planted out at that stage, they'll get plenty hardy. Now, my outdoor conditions are maybe more benign than for others. I'm looking at high temps in the 70sF, and lows in the mid 50sF right now. I planted out my tomatoes three weeks ago. So even an unhardy little plant will do dandy. Let's not overthink this. But again, do not keep soil very warm when roots are trying to work. Overly warm soil is bad for plants. 70F is recommended, though warmer temps are appropriate for germination. It may be that if you're trying to grow much larger plants before planting out, you want to go slow, just because you can't plant out for a long time. I need to go fast. If warm temperatures were an issue for plant hardiness, you'd have unhardy plants all summer long. Bottom line - if you only have heating mats to keep your seedlings warm, then use them, but be careful not to get the soil too hot....See MoreLabradors
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