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My cilantro and dill plants have both gone from sturdy, tall-standing stalks to green, limp-spaghetti piles of fail. I'm not sure what I did wrong, but thought maybe somebody here could help?
Basics:
Both plants were started from seed and sprouted relatively quickly.
They were begun with organic seed-starter pellets and are planted in 4" deep biodegradable started pods with a thin layer of soil (organic "feeder" soil that is supposed to provide nutrients for 2+ months) over the pellet (and soil below, obviously).
They were placed in front of an east-facing window and misted with water 2x daily (am/pm) to keep soil moist but not saturated. Cilantro had about 5 stalks at a height of 2" when it wilted, and dill looked like a 2" tall patch of grass about 1" square. Both had seed pods at the tips of some stalks. Both were in separate containers, and were kept in a room with an ambient temperature of 65-68 degrees F.
All other herbs that sprouted are doing well. Rosemary never came up, so I'm restarting this weekend.
Is there anything I can do to salvage these herbs, or should I scrap 'em and start over?
Too much sun . . . too much water . . . I'd say it's one or the other. Start over. Keep what you have as an experiment.
My cilantro and dill plants have both gone from sturdy, tall-standing stalks to green, limp-spaghetti piles of fail. I'm not sure what I did wrong, but thought maybe somebody here could help?
Basics:
Both plants were started from seed and sprouted relatively quickly.
They were begun with organic seed-starter pellets and are planted in 4" deep biodegradable started pods with a thin layer of soil (organic "feeder" soil that is supposed to provide nutrients for 2+ months) over the pellet (and soil below, obviously).
They were placed in front of an east-facing window and misted with water 2x daily (am/pm) to keep soil moist but not saturated. Cilantro had about 5 stalks at a height of 2" when it wilted, and dill looked like a 2" tall patch of grass about 1" square. Both had seed pods at the tips of some stalks. Both were in separate containers, and were kept in a room with an ambient temperature of 65-68 degrees F.
All other herbs that sprouted are doing well. Rosemary never came up, so I'm restarting this weekend.
Is there anything I can do to salvage these herbs, or should I scrap 'em and start over?
My cilantro and dill plants have both gone from sturdy, tall-standing stalks to green, limp-spaghetti piles of fail. I'm not sure what I did wrong, but thought maybe somebody here could help?
Basics:
Both plants were started from seed and sprouted relatively quickly.
They were begun with organic seed-starter pellets and are planted in 4" deep biodegradable started pods with a thin layer of soil (organic "feeder" soil that is supposed to provide nutrients for 2+ months) over the pellet (and soil below, obviously).
They were placed in front of an east-facing window and misted with water 2x daily (am/pm) to keep soil moist but not saturated. Cilantro had about 5 stalks at a height of 2" when it wilted, and dill looked like a 2" tall patch of grass about 1" square. Both had seed pods at the tips of some stalks. Both were in separate containers, and were kept in a room with an ambient temperature of 65-68 degrees F.
All other herbs that sprouted are doing well. Rosemary never came up, so I'm restarting this weekend.
Is there anything I can do to salvage these herbs, or should I scrap 'em and start over?
but when you do this, do it in the basement over the hum of your grow-lights, so no one will see youYou need to tell them what good lil herbs they are. Love your plants and they'll love you back.
You need to tell them what good lil herbs they are. Love your plants and they'll love you back.
Stretching of seedlings and weak growth is usually due to low light conditions like happens in the short days of winter. You might have better luck now that the days are getting longer and the sun is getting stronger. Herbs are high light plants, give them as much light as possible. Do you have a south window to grow them in?
Stretching of seedlings and weak growth is usually due to low light conditions like happens in the short days of winter. You might have better luck now that the days are getting longer and the sun is getting stronger. Herbs are high light plants, give them as much light as possible. Do you have a south window to grow them in?
My cilantro and dill plants have both gone from sturdy, tall-standing stalks to green, limp-spaghetti piles of fail. I'm not sure what I did wrong, but thought maybe somebody here could help?
Basics:
Both plants were started from seed and sprouted relatively quickly.
They were begun with organic seed-starter pellets and are planted in 4" deep biodegradable started pods with a thin layer of soil (organic "feeder" soil that is supposed to provide nutrients for 2+ months) over the pellet (and soil below, obviously).
They were placed in front of an east-facing window and misted with water 2x daily (am/pm) to keep soil moist but not saturated. Cilantro had about 5 stalks at a height of 2" when it wilted, and dill looked like a 2" tall patch of grass about 1" square. Both had seed pods at the tips of some stalks. Both were in separate containers, and were kept in a room with an ambient temperature of 65-68 degrees F.
All other herbs that sprouted are doing well. Rosemary never came up, so I'm restarting this weekend.
Is there anything I can do to salvage these herbs, or should I scrap 'em and start over?
I'll revise my watering system and restart those two plants. Since they only get direct sun for about 4 hours, am I under-sunning the dill?
Too much sun . . . too much water . . . I'd say it's one or the other. Start over. Keep what you have as an experiment.
My cilantro and dill plants have both gone from sturdy, tall-standing stalks to green, limp-spaghetti piles of fail. I'm not sure what I did wrong, but thought maybe somebody here could help?
Basics:
Both plants were started from seed and sprouted relatively quickly.
They were begun with organic seed-starter pellets and are planted in 4" deep biodegradable started pods with a thin layer of soil (organic "feeder" soil that is supposed to provide nutrients for 2+ months) over the pellet (and soil below, obviously).
They were placed in front of an east-facing window and misted with water 2x daily (am/pm) to keep soil moist but not saturated. Cilantro had about 5 stalks at a height of 2" when it wilted, and dill looked like a 2" tall patch of grass about 1" square. Both had seed pods at the tips of some stalks. Both were in separate containers, and were kept in a room with an ambient temperature of 65-68 degrees F.
All other herbs that sprouted are doing well. Rosemary never came up, so I'm restarting this weekend.
Is there anything I can do to salvage these herbs, or should I scrap 'em and start over?
"piles of fail" haha, good opening sentence.
Rosemary can live decades and become a sizable bush or hedge.
My cilantro and dill plants have both gone from sturdy, tall-standing stalks to green, limp-spaghetti piles of fail. I'm not sure what I did wrong, but thought maybe somebody here could help?
Basics:
Both plants were started from seed and sprouted relatively quickly.
They were begun with organic seed-starter pellets and are planted in 4" deep biodegradable started pods with a thin layer of soil (organic "feeder" soil that is supposed to provide nutrients for 2+ months) over the pellet (and soil below, obviously).
They were placed in front of an east-facing window and misted with water 2x daily (am/pm) to keep soil moist but not saturated. Cilantro had about 5 stalks at a height of 2" when it wilted, and dill looked like a 2" tall patch of grass about 1" square. Both had seed pods at the tips of some stalks. Both were in separate containers, and were kept in a room with an ambient temperature of 65-68 degrees F.
All other herbs that sprouted are doing well. Rosemary never came up, so I'm restarting this weekend.
Is there anything I can do to salvage these herbs, or should I scrap 'em and start over?
I love rosemary for this area. You just can't hardly kill it off, and it blooms frequently, plus my bees LOVE the flowers. I planted one about 10 or so years ago that was just a small pot plant from the nursery, and now it's about 10 feet in diameter, and that is with me pruning it back at least yearly.
I plant both of those outside in spring, and they thrive until the heat starts forcing the cilantro to flower.
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