kale leaves turning white and shriveling (again)

[Marb67]

I have no idea why this happens as I do not over water or expose to harsh sunlight but I have potted on kale seedlings and they are starting to turn white at the end of the leaves and withering. It has happened too many times :-(

[Nicos]

Are you watering from underneath or above?

[Marb67]

Started out underneath but then a fine spray from above.

[Scarlet]

That may be your problem - Water from the bottom.

[Marb67]

Watering from below and they have gone worse :-(

[veggiechicken]

Any photos Marb? It may help us to work out what's going wrong.

[Scarlet]

What compost are you using? How much light does your green house get?
Remember that it's early days yet and things are growing slowly even though we are having good temperatures throughout the days it has been very cold during the night and early morning.
Are they actually withering or just at a stand still? Photos of the plants would help.

[Nicos]

Watering from below and they have gone worse :-(

...the same leaves are worse?...that may be because the damage has been done and they are just dying off.

[Marb67]

Surely water is water from above or below. I don't let them get in direct sunlight.

[scarey55]

The compost looks very wet to me. I think that if you water from below the roots can take up what they want. Having said that, some of the seedlings look very healthy to me

[Marb67]

Ok, perhaps I am panicking a bit. They have just been watered from below hence the wet compost. It's happened a few times in the past with dire results.

[Scarlet]

I can see a few white patches on the seed leaves but as Scarey has said they all look healthy. Stop looking too closely

[lottie dolly]

is it just the first seed leaves,i personally would let them dry out a bit,then only water from the bottom,it is no matter that the top is dryish,as long as the roots are damp and not stood in a permenant water bath,try not water unless they are dryer,as this causes rot,plus could they have had to much water and washed the nutrients out,hence the paleness,someone correct me if am wrong.

[Greenleaves]

I don't think Marb is alone in worrying about his plants, but I think that is half the problem. I used to go out and water my seedlings religiously only to find that more would succumb to harm than the ones over the plot that got less care. At the stage Marbs are at, I would have repotted up to the first true leaves as well purely because they look a little leggy

[veggiechicken]

Thanks for the photo Marb - it really does help To me, it looks like the seedling leaves are dying off (as they do) but the new, proper leaves are healthy.
Like GL, I pot everything up to its seed leaves, as it gives the seedlings a bit more stability in the pot and, as you know, tomatoes and some of the cucurbits will throw out new roots from the stem. Every little helps

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