Seedlings having problems! Please help!

I have about 15 seedlings going and about 1 and a half weeks they got left in a 2 day long cold rainstorm and most fell over and looked bad. I tied them to sticks to keep them going straight up and moved them where they get better light. I also top layered the soil with some Happy Frog tomato and vegetable fertilizer. Many of them are getting small brown spots and tips of leaves are burning off. They are about 2 and a half weeks old at this point and not looking too healthy. Do they just need some time or should I do something before it's too late to save them?

They are way over stretched. Try to find a spot with more direct sunlight.

its hard to start seedlings outside like this especially when they are in pots and rain because the water will easily soak the soil and rip the plant from its roots they are only small and delicate at that size.
Also yes you need more direct sunlight or start then inside under a few CFL's.

Imma try to find spot with better sunlight, what about the brown spots/burnt tips? (Besides nutrient burn)

These still need some time under your indoor cfl array or vegging light

as these are for external grows, use a red light

ENCOURAGE THAT STRETCH, get them tall and thin

you will be glad you did

Tall and Thin means you dig a deeper prepared hole than normal

drop the seedling in ...water well

the deep seedling means they don't need water so much, and deep means they can reach water

also means they can handle wind and predateurs easier too

this is the vital difference between indoor or external grows ..lol

happy frog is shit, shop local use the local organic mix, just ask in garden stores

mix in some perlite or river sand to prevent nute burn

good luck

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vostok said:

These still need some time under your indoor cfl array or vegging light

as these are for external grows, use a red light

ENCOURAGE THAT STRETCH, get them tall and thin

you will be glad you did

Tall and Thin means you dig a deeper prepared hole than normal

drop the seedling in ...water well

the deep seedling means they don't need water so much, and deep means they can reach water

also means they can handle wind and predateurs easier too

this is the vital difference between indoor or external grows ..lol

happy frog is shit, shop local use the local organic mix, just ask in garden stores

mix in some perlite or river sand to prevent nute burn

good luck

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I don't have the option of starting under lights, any advice outside?

try starting them on your windowsill with plenty of sun exposure or even one of those little greenhouse things the small ones you get for like $20 from a hardware store.
anything to keep them nice and warm but with more sunlight available rather than pieces of sunlight through clearings of trees

Id make a little A-frame greenhouse for em. Itll keep the water, wind, and plant eaters off of them. Doesnt have to be sealed tight or you could bake them. Ya probably have some nutrient burn and over watering symptoms, but it sounds like you already know that. Hope they come around for ya.

Dadopeboii said:

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I don't have the option of starting under lights, any advice outside?

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I have same issue. No lights and I do an outdoor grow. This is my second grow. Last year was good, this year hopefully better. I sprout seeds using the paper towel method. I plant sprouted seeds in Fox Farms Ocean Forest soil. Then I literally shuffling the babies form the dining room window sill to one in the living room. House is east/west exposure so girls get pretty good sun through windows. Sometimes, if it's not too windy or cold, I bring them outside for awhile. I do not feed them anything at this point. When they are established, I transplant to the containers they will mature in and put outside for the rest of the grow. Then it's up to good ol' Sol to handle the lighting. That's when I start feeding. Last year I used DynaGro Grow for veg and DynaGro Blossom for flower. I had good success. Following same pattern this year except i'm going to add Bud Candy to the mix. Don't know if this helps. Good luck with your grow. Here are some pics of last year just before chop.

You can replant them 2 inches deeper, that will sturdy them up......They need lots of sun light so they dont stretch further...outdoor plants tend to stretch more in the beginning than indoor plants so its fairly normal.... your plants look fine for the most part....btw you don't need to give nutes for the first 2 weeks, they have enough energy for the first couple weeks....Another good piece of advice would be, make sure u don't overwater them or underwater them and make sure your soil has good drainage

Just needs more sun. Looks like it isnt soaked..and ya i wouldnt feed em for awhile.

Are you bringing em in at night or are they outside fulltime?

Id up pot em and find a find location with all day sun and leave em.

Alienwidow said:

Id make a little A-frame greenhouse for em. Itll keep the water, wind, and plant eaters off of them. Doesnt have to be sealed tight or you could bake them. Ya probably have some nutrient burn and over watering symptoms, but it sounds like you already know that. Hope they come around for ya.

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Yea I'm starting to think that I am over watering them :/

We Can Make Sandwiches said:

Just needs more sun. Looks like it isnt soaked..and ya i wouldnt feed em for awhile.

Are you bringing em in at night or are they outside fulltime?

Id up pot em and find a find location with all day sun and leave em.

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dopeleader said:

try starting them on your windowsill with plenty of sun exposure or even one of those little greenhouse things the small ones you get for like $20 from a hardware store.
anything to keep them nice and warm but with more sunlight available rather than pieces of sunlight through clearings of trees

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Although the picture makes it seem to be in deep woods, they are in a patch of pretty short pines. They get plenty of direct sun during mid-day (if not too much) but they are surrounded by the pines that do block a good portion of early morning and late evening sun. I think imma move them under a small tree in a field (to block some of the sun in the day, but allow sun from morning to evening) what y'all think?

Here's a close up example of what many the plants are looking like, btw this is not the worst one by far!

most of the above advice is good, more sun, less water, NO nutes for at least another week or two. if you aren't worried about them being seen too much i'd make a little shelter for them out of chicken wire and plastic, leave the ends open, just cover them over so they dont get rained on till they need to .

Even use The bottom half of a coke bottle

Dadopeboii said:

Although the picture makes it seem to be in deep woods, they are in a patch of pretty short pines. They get plenty of direct sun during mid-day (if not too much) but they are surrounded by the pines that do block a good portion of early morning and late evening sun. I think imma move them under a small tree in a field (to block some of the sun in the day, but allow sun from morning to evening) what y'all think?

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How many hrs of direct sun are they getting? Looks and sounds like 4-5 max?

We Can Make Sandwiches said:

How many hrs of direct sun are they getting? Looks and sounds like 4-5 max?

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Not really sure, moved them into the middle of a field now so they are getting as much as possible

Roger A. Shrubber said:

most of the above advice is good, more sun, less water, NO nutes for at least another week or two. if you aren't worried about them being seen too much i'd make a little shelter for them out of chicken wire and plastic, leave the ends open, just cover them over so they dont get rained on till they need to .

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Thanks everyone for the advice, the babies r lookin a lot better. And I took your advice Rodger minus the chicken wire.