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I thoroughly watered yesterday, and doused the whole pot with DE again this morning. I put ant bait on the ground outside the pot (I found a trail they’re using!). If this doesn’t do it, I’ll try the orange oil. Like you said: worst case is I kill the plant and I’ll try again next year!

I have a blackberry “bush” that I bought this spring as a twig. It has grown but just not thrived... and I just figured out the fire ant infestation is probably why! I had no idea the ants would eat the leaves. Argh! I’ve tried DE, but of course every time I water it messes that up. I’ve tried...

Grow bags arrived and I transplanted 6 of my plants. Loving these bag. Thanks for the suggestion.

Which grow pots did you buy/would you recommend? As I am trying to amend the soil, my “food grade” 5-gal pots are cracking on me. So, I’m getting my Amazon order going!

Thank you all for your input! I’ll be re-doing my soil mix to reduce the compost component and improve the aeration - time to research what’s available to me of all the suggested options.

Thanks. I’m going to try reducing the watering and see how everything does.

I have containers that I filled with 50/50 compost and potting soil in March. I went to transplant a couple plants that seemed a bit stunted, figuring they needed a bigger space (currently in 5-gal buckets). I found that the bottom half of the containers were completely compacted in both...

I just ordered a seedling mat with thermostat. Thanks!

I moved them to 3” peat pots, a bit deeper: soil almost to their two “leaves”. I also upped the temp to 80ish. Hoping for some growth!!

Your first pic is what my seedlings still look like today. They were planted 2/15 and sprouted about a week later.

First on my “do differently next season” list is to skip the plastic cell trays and start with bigger option!

Thank you. Based on everyone’s suggestions, I’ve: -added white panels to reflect more light inward -increased the temp of the tomatoes and peppers to about 80-85 -I haven’t added any fertilizer yet, but will do so once true leaves form -I’ve told myself to be patient! That’s the hardest one!

@majorcatfish : I’m using4 of these: Osunby LED Grow Light 45W UV IR

I’ll add a white sheet to my setup - I have some old plastIc that would be perfect!

i appreciate your info-filled response! I used potting soil,not the peat pellets (when I up-sized from the little plastic tray I filled a peat pot with new soil, with a depression in the center to move as much of the original dirt as I could with the plant (only one did a good bit of the root...

Thanks! I wondered about fertilizer, but they definitely don’t have true leaves yet. I’ll hold off. I’m growing “garden salsa hybrid pepper seeds” and “mountain magic hybrid tomato seeds” from Park Seed company. Last year was my first time growing anything at all, so every day is a learning...

Thanks so much! I’ll add in a little fan. I do rotate my trays daily. I appreciate you sharing your experience.

This is the first year I’ve started seeds indoors. My tomato seeds sprouted, grew two leaves...and stalled! They’re under grow lights 14 hours in a room ~70 degrees, in organic potting soil. I water when the soil starts to get dry, from below. I moved them up from a seed tray to a 3” peat pot a...

Last year was my first attempt at growing ANYTHING! I’ve learned so much...but I didn’t anticipate fall vs spring transplants! :)

They’re in full sun on my back porch in a non-movable container (big trough). I cover them anytime frost is expected. Part of why I want to move them is that they got BAKED last summer in August. I‘m going to move them to a container with a little more of a break from direct sun (yet still...