Sad Seedling Story, get your tissues

zeroma · March 22, 2013

Went to check my 2 flats of sown seeds today. Needed water. Watered the 2 full trays, 100 seeds. Nothing had sprouted yet, so I thought I'd move the trays to my ironing board just for the natural light closer to the window. Unplugged the heating mat. Moved the first tray.

When I turned my back to walk to the ironing board, the weight of the therostate slid off the table and flipped over the entire 2nd flat of egg cartons on to the floor.

Grrr

Felt like

crying. I picked up all the DE and tossed it back into the egg cups.

But I will be dumping it all out because I won't know what the plants are. 50 of my little would be babies.

Gone.

The other sad part is that I put all 10 of my Sakharnyi Zheltyi 'sugary yellow' in Russian seed in that first flat. And the 10 seeds of Sungold. Those will be easy enough to replace, but not the Russian seeds.

Guess I strt over tomorrow morning after I get the egg cartons all washed up and ready to go.

bughunter99 · March 22, 2013

I'm sorry.

-Stacy

Deborah · March 22, 2013

Oh, no. Well, at least everyone here cares ! You've got a support system.

zeroma · March 22, 2013

Thank you. I feel understood. sniff sniff.

nnjjohn · March 22, 2013

If only you had a video of that happening, you could make a lot of seed money and some selling it to that blooper show on tv.. sorry for your dilemma.. At least it was sudden death and you didn't have to watch them droop and wilt away going into the growing season as I have last few seasons..lol..yeah I know the feeling.. won't be the last time ..WE all sometimes have to resort to buying plants as I have many times in the past. gl, john

LDx4 · March 22, 2013

Zeroma,

I feel your pain!! I had a big oops today myself - I was watering my flats in my germination room and turned too fast, upsetting a tray of pepper seedlings I had just potted up yesterday into 16oz red cups. They all overturned and fell onto the floor in a big pile, and all my name tags fell out of the cups. The peppers weren't really damaged and I was able to repot them, but now I don't know which name tag goes with which cup, and there are six varieties. And these were the ones that I was giving to some friends who only want to grow certain kinds!! So I guess I will grow them myself and see which is which when the fruit appears. Sigh...

Lyn

JamesL · March 22, 2013

That is a shame!
If you have an extra flat grow them out anyway as potluck giveaways.

Crandrew · March 22, 2013

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deborah

Oh, no. Well, at least everyone here cares ! You've got a support system.

Here Here.

I've been battling raccoons, just after I took my trap down (3 weeks of no activity) the next day they rip up the beds and I lost 3 heads of romaine and some precious spinach. This was Wednesday so now i'm off to start some more lettuce to account for it.
I guess its the not so fun part of the passion we all share. I'm sure you will have seeds up again in no time!

kilroyscarnival · March 22, 2013

Oh, so sorry! It might be interesting to grow some of those out and hope for the Sakharnyi Zheltyi to be apparent?

RobinB · March 22, 2013

Oh! I'm so sorry! I just looked up Sakharnyi Zheltyi and it looks really interesting! Maybe somebody has some seeds to send you? If it's not too late to start more, that is.

Farmette · March 22, 2013

I had that unfortunate experience 2 years ago with an entire tray too...really so sad I did get seeds for SZ, but have planted all of them. Will save seeds, but that doesn't help you now.

robertoccm · March 23, 2013

Ouch that is tragic

raindrops27 · March 23, 2013

Quote:

Originally Posted by zeroma

Thank you. I feel understood. sniff sniff.

Aww sorry I did that same thing onnce, only my setting was the front porch I felt crushed. Good thing is, you can start over!

Delerium · March 23, 2013

Bummer. Sorry to hear about having to restart. My daughter has dropped a few of my seed trays with pepper & tomato plants while trying to water them when i am not around watching her sneaking in to our grow room. I've found plants laying on the floor because i think she was just trying to transplant them. Can't be upset about it because she loves planting seeds and taking care of daddies plants. Don't feel bad just start again. We feel your pain.

rwsacto · March 23, 2013

So sorry.

I usually wait until the plants are larger and the trays heavier before dumping them.

Like last week. Trays were set out in the sun. I opened the recycle bin, the lid hit the top of an appliance dolly, the dolly went rolling across the driveway, hit the bucket supporting a tray of potted up tomatoes, upending the tray and completely jumbling the plants, soil and labels.

I 've narrowed the possibilities to about 10 combinations of labels and plants.

Rick

March 22, 2013	#1
zeroma Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 637	Sad Seedling Story, get your tissues Went to check my 2 flats of sown seeds today. Needed water. Watered the 2 full trays, 100 seeds. Nothing had sprouted yet, so I thought I'd move the trays to my ironing board just for the natural light closer to the window. Unplugged the heating mat. Moved the first tray. When I turned my back to walk to the ironing board, the weight of the therostate slid off the table and flipped over the entire 2nd flat of egg cartons on to the floor. Grrr Felt like crying. I picked up all the DE and tossed it back into the egg cups. But I will be dumping it all out because I won't know what the plants are. 50 of my little would be babies. Gone. The other sad part is that I put all 10 of my Sakharnyi Zheltyi 'sugary yellow' in Russian seed in that first flat. And the 10 seeds of Sungold. Those will be easy enough to replace, but not the Russian seeds. Guess I strt over tomorrow morning after I get the egg cartons all washed up and ready to go.

March 22, 2013	#5
nnjjohn Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: northern new jersey Posts: 683	If only you had a video of that happening, you could make a lot of seed money and some selling it to that blooper show on tv.. sorry for your dilemma.. At least it was sudden death and you didn't have to watch them droop and wilt away going into the growing season as I have last few seasons..lol..yeah I know the feeling.. won't be the last time ..WE all sometimes have to resort to buying plants as I have many times in the past. gl, john __________________ john

March 22, 2013	#2
bughunter99 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: zone 5 Posts: 821	I'm sorry. -Stacy

March 22, 2013	#3
Deborah Riding The Crazy Train Again Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: San Marcos, California Posts: 2,562	Oh, no. Well, at least everyone here cares ! You've got a support system.

March 22, 2013	#6
LDx4 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: San Diego Posts: 321	Zeroma, I feel your pain!! I had a big oops today myself - I was watering my flats in my germination room and turned too fast, upsetting a tray of pepper seedlings I had just potted up yesterday into 16oz red cups. They all overturned and fell onto the floor in a big pile, and all my name tags fell out of the cups. The peppers weren't really damaged and I was able to repot them, but now I don't know which name tag goes with which cup, and there are six varieties. And these were the ones that I was giving to some friends who only want to grow certain kinds!! So I guess I will grow them myself and see which is which when the fruit appears. Sigh... Lyn

March 22, 2013	#7
JamesL Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 1,992	That is a shame! If you have an extra flat grow them out anyway as potluck giveaways.

March 22, 2013	#9
kilroyscarnival Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 614	Oh, so sorry! It might be interesting to grow some of those out and hope for the Sakharnyi Zheltyi to be apparent?

March 22, 2013	#10
RobinB Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Near Reno, NV Posts: 1,621	Oh! I'm so sorry! I just looked up Sakharnyi Zheltyi and it looks really interesting! Maybe somebody has some seeds to send you? If it's not too late to start more, that is.

March 22, 2013	#11
Farmette Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2009 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 985	I had that unfortunate experience 2 years ago with an entire tray too...really so sad I did get seeds for SZ, but have planted all of them. Will save seeds, but that doesn't help you now.

March 23, 2013	#12
robertoccm Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Mexico Posts: 80	Ouch that is tragic

March 23, 2013	#14
Delerium Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: California Posts: 942	Bummer. Sorry to hear about having to restart. My daughter has dropped a few of my seed trays with pepper & tomato plants while trying to water them when i am not around watching her sneaking in to our grow room. I've found plants laying on the floor because i think she was just trying to transplant them. Can't be upset about it because she loves planting seeds and taking care of daddies plants. Don't feel bad just start again. We feel your pain.

March 23, 2013	#15
rwsacto Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Sacramento CA Posts: 288	So sorry. I usually wait until the plants are larger and the trays heavier before dumping them. Like last week. Trays were set out in the sun. I opened the recycle bin, the lid hit the top of an appliance dolly, the dolly went rolling across the driveway, hit the bucket supporting a tray of potted up tomatoes, upending the tray and completely jumbling the plants, soil and labels. I 've narrowed the possibilities to about 10 combinations of labels and plants. Rick