In article 26fdec13-8212-4a10-af4d-6de68ed851f1
@p20g2000yqi.googlegroups.com, says...
On Mar 19, 5:24*pm, "Steve Peek" wrote:
Do you have a cat or dog? They sometimes nibble on young plants.
Steve"richardg" wrote in message

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I have been growing my own vegetable plants under fluorescent lights
and heating mats for many years. This year I have encountered a
problem I never had before. I hope this group can help. The seeds
germinate and grow a stem and leaves. They look vigorous. About a week
later the leaves are gone leaving only about a 1.5 inch stem *The stem
looks like it is cut off right below the leaves. The stem doesn't look
diseased. This *occurred on my pepper and lettuce seedlings.
Thanks, Richard

I have no pets. I think that some of the stems never got any leaves.
Could this be a germination problem with the seeds?
Richard


If it looks sheered off as if by teeth, then they have, as Billy and
Steeve said, been bitten off something.

Set 3 or more mouse traps with peanut butter as bait near the wall of
the room. Mice travel in packs. Look for insects, snails and slugs.

I don't know your experience with fluorescent lights, but I've seen some
oddities with leaves develop that were corrected by putting the plants
in daylight.