Hey guys, I didn't feel like starting a new thread, seeing as how my problem(s) are pretty much the same as last time. I stopped trying to grow since my last attempt (December 2015) as I had a lot of shit going on (moving, etc) and it took a back seat to other priorities.
Anyways, I'm just now getting back into the swing of things and am experiencing pretty much the same problem. Just to recap : My seeds always sprout when I place them in the Jiffy peat tablets, place them in the Jiffy dome and it sits on a heat mat. They typically sprout in like three to four days. As soon as they sprout, that's where the trouble begins.
I've been watching some YouTube videos and this time around, after it sprouted, I filled a white styrofoam cup with soil & moved the Jiffy tablet with the little sprout coming out of it, into the soil. Then I took a clear/see-through plastic cup, and put it on top of the white styrofoam cup, so it would be humid.
I had the clear/see-through plastic cup on it since September 12th (one week ago). Everything looked like it was going OK, but then yesterday, I noticed it started to droop to one side. I also noticed that the base of the stem looks a little bit on the brown side. I started thinking that maybe the clear/see-through plastic cup was cutting off the oxygen, so I took it off for like three hours today so it could breathe.
Now I have the clear/see-through plastic cup back on top of the white styrofoam cup, and the light is on. I had it on a 12 hour light cycle, but I just now realized it should be on for at least 18 hours. So at least I figured that part out.
But my main questions are : 1) Should I take the clear/see-through plastic cup off completely? and 2) How long do I need to use the heat mat on this?
Here's what it looks like now.