furry lettuce seedlings

[punydan]

hi just started gardening an allotment three months ago, i've sown some lettuce in a box in my green house, all as instructed by Percy Thrower. Now they have started to germinate and got to about 4mm, however some have white fuzz on thier stalks, is this normal.

[Hazel at the Hill]

I had a look at some germinating brassica seedlings I've got on the windowsill, and there's some white fuzz right by the seed casing (clearly haven't covered all my seeds over properly!), but I thought they were just tiny, tiny roots?

[Hazel at the Hill]

Furry sounds like mould to me.

If they all keel over, you're right!

[Lesley Jay]

To late Hazel - the mad moderator has been at work!!!

[Hazel at the Hill]

Getting ready for tonight, LJ?? Wield that pea stick!

[Lesley Jay]

I delete damned quick Hazel. Pea stick at the ready!!

[punydan]

thanks i'll see if they keel over or not. probably just worrying unneccessarly as they are the first thing i've grown from seed. It is also my first time threading on a forum, and i think i lost the thread with pea sticks.

[Hazel at the Hill]

.... and i think i lost the thread with pea sticks.

Yep - sorry PD, didn't mean to confuse! If you can stick around we have a good old laugh with a Sunday Night forum - lots of us about, but suggest you don't try to understand more than about 20% of what's going on - that's my average, anyway!

[punydan]

All shoots looking good must have just been little roots.