Have you tried Super Thrive?
Helps growth a LOT!

I use Seed Starter Potting soil, what did you use? A homemade type? Try both next year.

The Seed Starter Potting Soil isn't real cheap, I use two bags for a total of $10 for about forty seedlings. But I grow eight types from seed, and if I screw things up there would not be time to regrow them.

I you have seedlings 5 inches tall with two sets of true leaves grown on a window sill, with no auxiliary lighting, 35 days from sowing the seed, or even 35 days from emergence, then you are doing pretty damned good, in my opinion.

I wouldn't add fertilizer again unless you notice chlorosis (yellowing of the leaves). How soon can you plant them out? If the weather is warm in the daytime, take them out into dappled shade a little bit at a time and start hardening them off in preparation for planting.

Excuse me. I meant to say "If you have ..."

Also, make sure when taking them outside to harden them off that you shelter them from harsh sunlight AND wind. If the wind is too strong, it will dry out the tender leaves or whip them around and shread them.

If you are growing in peat moss and perlite without dolomitic lime and gypsum, you need a fertilizer with calcium, magnesium and sulfur. I use such a fertilizer designed for hydroponic use.

thanks for all the messages! i checked, and my seed starting mix doesn't have ca, mag, or sulfur, so i'll add ironite as my fertilizer. i also supplemented it with dolomitic lime.

i am using the miracle gro seed starting potting mix.

the weather is warm outside, so i've started hardening them off. however, what about my other seedlings? my other seedlings are 2 weeks old and don't have any true leaves yet. should i take them out so they can enjoy the sun too? or leave them on the window sill, where they get around 3 hours of sun?

and yes, i have been noticing that my leaves are turning yellow, so i'm hoping ironite works.

This is just my opinion but I love the results I get from Miracle Gro potting mix. Super fast, lush growth. Only problem is that they just changed their formula to a 9? month slow release formula, I am only trying that on the peppers and eggplant this year, we'll see how it goes. I can still find the original formula in some places though.

Luvs figs, thanks for this post. Hoosiercherokee, thanks for response. I too have a few seedlings that are about a month old and I have wondered what I'm doing wrong. But now I will just be patient.

This forum is great!

" Have you tried Super Thrive? "

LOL, Snake oil!