damping off attacks at the soil line and the plant will just fall over at the dirt.Doesn't look like they were lacking water it looks like damping off disease to me actually so they might have had too much water.
My thoughts exactly. And also why it looks slightly and misleadingly better at the top now, the husk protected that part a little against the heat.damping off attacks at the soil line and the plant will just fall over at the dirt.
thats heat damage. they got roasted.
you know seedlings can go 3 days without water right?
I've had a lot of seedlings succumb to damping off recently and some of them looked exactly like his pics. Mine where in rockwool cubes and a single cfl was sitting a foot and a half above them so I doubt they were over-heated.damping off attacks at the soil line and the plant will just fall over at the dirt.
thats heat damage. they got roasted.