i think i've murdered my chilli's, toms and peppers!

[veggielover]

all germinated well, and all a few inches tall but i decided it was time to put them into individual pots to give them the room to get strong... that was earlier today, tonight they are all looking sorry for themselves, do u think they will recover? they are inside on windowsill in a warm room. cucumbers seem to be loving the extra room though!

[BarleySugar]

Seedlings often wilt a bit when potted on. Keep them out of the sun tomorrow, make sure they are watered and they will probably be fine. Even my big ones wilted a bit earlier, but they look fine now. You can see them in the thread below.

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...den_30418.html

[Basher]

My tomatoes and aubergines all went a bit wilty when I potted them on, for about 4-5 hours - but once the greenhouse warmed up they all perked up fine.

[veggielover]

I will check on them in the morning.......

[ecoprincess]

Good luck, I'm still waiting for my toms and chillies to even germinate...

[taff]

Good luck, I'm still waiting for my toms and chillies to even germinate...

me too...I'm beginning to think i've done something wrong...

[veggielover]

This morning they are looking a bit perkier, gonna keep them indoors today ( bit overcast outside anyway ) I usually put them out for an hour each day to get some sun, funnily enough i put some of the weaker seedlings outside in the plastic growhouse 2 days ago and they are suddenly not so weak anymore???

[piskieinboots]

most seedlings will show a little stress from being potted on, it is normal - think of us being dragged out of bed early and getting plunged into a cold bath - transplantation shock

They'll be fine, stroke and talk nice to 'em

[Alison]

I tend to start seeds like that off in individual newspaper pots these days so that they can be potted on without disturbance but the first time I grew stuff and pricked them out properly I was mortified that the tomatoes in particular all looked like they were lying down to die. They tended to perk up by the next day though so probably nothing much to worry about.

[Growem]

I'm glad your seedlings are doing better. I put my pepper and pumpkin seedlings outside yesterday for a bit of warm sun and forgot about them overnight! Fortunately it wasn't frosty here, but I'm sure it didn't do them any good.

[zazen999]

I had a pepper that wasn't doing too well so i pulled it up and it still had roots on it that looked good, so I popped it in the raised bed outside the kitchen door.

It's now doing fine.

Interesting! It's been out 3 days and nights so far.

[faerieprincess]

Was the compost mix stored in the cold? The poor little seedlings would have got the surprise of their lives when their roots were plunged into cold compost!!!!! But they'll get over it - don't think any permanent damage was done.

[veggielover]

usually my compost is outdoors, but i got a small bag the other day and carried it through the house rather than straight out to garden.... its been sitting in dining room!! so compost would have been room temperature, most of them seem fine now, just 1 tomato plant looking withered, i got 7 plants all seemingly healthy so 1 loss is no biggie.

[Flummery]

I usually put them in the shade for 24 hours - not in a cold place - in the house. That gives them time to get accustomed.