zeinabenton
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My seedlings are shriveling up?

Recently my seedlings have been growing fine, but this morning I watered them like normal and put them in direct sunlight this time for 4-5 hours maybe. I don't know what happened? Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? I think these seeds are cabbage seeds if that helps and the grass looking one is lemongrass.
I spritz them with a spray bottle and put them in the sunlight for an hour or two every day normally. I live in Florida.
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kayjay
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Hello. It looks like you have some mulch on top, but at a glance, the soil looks really dry. Was the soil kept moist?

4-5 hours might have been too long/too strong for little seedlings that size, but I'm not sure. We don't have that problem here in Canada this time of year, heh. We can stick cabbage in the ground in the chilly weather and they're happy; the cabbage family veggies tend to prefer cool weather. It might have just been too warm for them in FLA.

Good luck; hopefully one of the FLA folks here will see this and chime in.



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