Two week old seedlings, no light for 2 days. Will they live?

Seedlings were doing great for two weeks. They looked strong and healthy. There was some sort of a power issue and they did not get light for 2 days. Most of the plants have folded in half and the leaves are now resting on the top of the peat pellets, with the exception of a couple of stems that did not fold. The stems look weak in the middle.

They were germinated March 30th for a guerrilla experiment this year. No fertilization to date, only peat pellets. I was looking to add more light and organic fertilization today, when I found the issue.

Will these plants survive? Maybe some and not others? What would you do to baby them right now? Help needed!
 

Mineralz

Well-Known Member
Haiz veeta :D I'm having an issue with a seedling as well atm. My problem seems to be more towards over-watering, but its overall SLOW growth had me wondering. If its 2 weeks old then it should be well past the first couple sets of true leaves. On my damaged seedling she lay FLAT on my hydrogroton as well. I put her under a couple 42w CFLs and she seemed to perk up a bit over the next couple days. The first set of TRUE leaves look awful, but the 2nd set are perfectly green so Im figuring the 1st set will die and hopefully she'll recover. No light for 2 days I'd definately go easy with the watering if at all for a day or so. If you could post some pics that would help us ;)
 

luciferateme

Active Member
just get some light on them and they should be ok, ive never had 2 days of dark but did have 24 hours of dark in veg and they were fine. they are probably leaning because they had no light to grow too, these plants are hardy and im sure they will be ok. try not to stress them anymore though.
let us know how they turn out.
hope yours turn out ok aswell mineralz!
 

bulla

Well-Known Member
prop them up with a tooth pic and give them light..a fan will strengthen the stems
 
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