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Can wilted seedlings be saved?

13 years ago

Disclaimer: I'm a very new gardener. Please be gentle with me lol.

So the seeds were planted last weekend (4/7/13) in this egg carton (see low-fi phone picture), each one also inside half of an empty, well rinsed egg shell. The ones that had sprouted so far on 4/11 were beets, lettuce, and marigolds. Nothing else has sprouted (peas and more marigolds).

I was keeping them in the bathroom as that is the warmest room in my house, and gets the most natural light. But on Saturday, I brought them out to the kitchen where they sat near an open window and I think it may have been too much for them. Then I also realized maybe they were getting too tall and "leggy" so I started putting them under a uv lamp.

As of this morning, they are completely wilted, drooping, and very sad looking. I'm not sure, but I think I may have over-watered them as well.

Is there any hope of saving them, or will I have to start all over? This was not meant to be my main crop, but was more of an experiment I did with my kids. The seeds were from old packets, some with expiration dates of last year or earlier. But I did test their viability with the wet-paper-towel-in-a-baggie method, and at least half or more of everything sprouted.

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