Hi Everyone,
I am not sure if this is the correct forum to post this question but here goes.
For the past 3 years I have started my tomato, herbs and other veggies in coldframes and had great success. This year my wonderful husband built me an 8x12 greenhouse and I have gotten stuff to germinate, veggies, flowers even peppers and eggplant. I started them in "peat pots" that I bought at Lowes. Problem is after germinating and getting one set of leaves, they wont do anything? They are all staying small and that is it. I am keeping them really wet, good heat, circulating air, used seed starting soil that I used in my cold frames.
I am so confused and frustrated. The flowers are doing the same thing? I checked the roots and all have a good root system. I even transplanted into a bit bigger peat pots thinking they needed more space, but nothing. The only thing that grew bigger was my cukes but they turned yellow so I put them in the garden hoping to keep them going. If we don't get a frost they should make it, they were and early variety.
PLEASE! Any thoughts on what I am doing wrong? My tomatos got huge in my cold frame, I am not understanding why they are not doing as well?
Thanks,
Susan in NC
Starting veggies in Greenhouse
Don'y know, but possibilities include too much water. They need to dry out enough that the roots can get air, It is also possible that they are getting too hot. If you are using the same growing mix as the cold frames, that should not be the problem. Peat pots can be tricky as they tend to wick water. Try repotting some in plastic or paper pots and see if that solves the problem. I use Bonnie cups or soft drink cups ( punch drainage holes) with no problems.