Thanks for sharing, someone else can now also benefit. Experience can be a cruel teacher...but the more we learn the more we can be rewarded. Best wishes.

... I will cover it up again...

Why did you cover it? and with what?

You're welcome and thank you tunatony. It's always a learning experience but I am determine.

Dave- It was doing pretty good when I cover it with a plastic bag which I put holes in. When I took the bag off for a week it didn't seem to be growing or doing anything. I left it sitting in the garage on top of a heating pad and was planning to take it outside today so I figure 1 more night with the bag over it wouldn't hurt. Opps Did more than hurt. Lesson learned.

Ann

edit part. I read that they like bottom heat and humidity so that's why I put the bag on top to create some humid for it.

'Damping off' = a plant disease occurring in excessively damp conditions, in particular the collapse and death of young seedlings as a result of a fungal infection.

Once they develop their first true leaves, they need more sun, air circulation and make sure to keep them warm -- somewhere between 72 and 85 degrees. Your baggie kept it in too moist an environment for the temperature -- or the soil was too saturated.