Beginner Gardening: Seedlings turning red and wilting, 0 by BlakeInCanada

BlakeInCanada wrote:
There are some seedlings I'm having such trouble with. I should have small plants now, but multiple batches of seedlings have died and it's put me very late.

The one that has been veeeery slow is the campanula. The seedlings start out nice and green, like this http://www.theseedbasket.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Camp...

But mine are turning reddish and unhealthy looking, and the one leaf curled up overnight.

The second picture I'm attaching is balloon flower, and while the 3 around it are doing better, this one has a purple glow around the edge of the leaves, and is a paler shade of green.

The third picture is a healthy anagallis seedling.
The fourth picture is a slightly younger anagallis that I'm sure is going to die, even though it looked fine 2 days ago.

I face problems like these with a lot of seeds and despite trying things (wetter/dryer/fertilizer/no fertilizer/more sun/less sun), I cannot figure out what is wrong. As soon as a seedling shows a problem, it's got 1-3 days and it's dead.

I'm keeping them all outside, with lots of wind on my high balcony, so I would imagine it's not damping off.

I've had trouble with seedlings just having sprouted too. Once the leaves come out of the seed coat, I put them in a small pot, where they sit there for a few days and then shrivel up and die.

I grow everything by seed, and I'm hopeless at seedlings.

I wish I could figure this out because it's stealing so much energy from me.

This message was edited Jun 13, 2012 6:59 AM