On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:09:35 GMT, "Grave Yard Guy"
wrote:


The trays were placed on glass shelving in South-Southwest windows(almost
full sun) on Feb 14. Room temperature 65-75 degrees. Everything germinated
well in 10-14 days. I placed a fan in the room to keep the air circulating.

However, within days I had 5-6 inch, spindly, white seedlings with two small
leaves at the top of each plant. They would lean towards the sunlight and
when I would gently turn the trays, they would break or become entangled
with the other spindly plants. I did end up losing almost half of them by
planting time in May. It wasn't from the anticipated damping off. It was
through breakage.

Any advice from the experienced seed starters? A friend suggested that I
shouldn't start them in full sun, but this didn't sound logical to me and he
couldn't remember why you shouldn't do it.


They need more light. Today's windows are made to keep out some of
the sun so the plants need more light.
--
Susan N.

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