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What is the soil you're growing in? (It looks heavy, rich, dense, wet. That might be a problem). The water on the leaves might not be good. If the light is strong, it can magnify an burn the leaves.
Those clear plastic cups need to be lightproof around the sides. The roots shouldn't get any light. (There should be holes in the bottoms of the cups for drainage. If you on't have that, they'll stay too wet, drown the roots, root rot, etc.).
If fungus is the issue should I repot them in a looser soil medium to see if they recover? Also they are wet because I sprayed them with some hydrogen peroxide to try and remove the white spots and they didn’t go back under the light until they dried. They just got watered that’s why they are wet and that top layer of compacted soil is only a 2cm deep and under that lies a much looser medium but maybe the top layer is suffocating the roots, I put that soil there to stabalise the stems
Don't spray them, don't cover seedlings, don't use wood chips, use perlite instead next time. they're staying too wet, don't water them until they almost dry out and make sure there's adequate drainage holes in those cups for best resultsHi I recently popped some seeds and they are looking pretty sad, their growth seems to be stunned and there’s white spots on the leaves. My only theory is that the wood chips I mixed in with the soil contained some fungus or mold spores, I will upload some photos. Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated especially as seeds here in the tropics are very hard to get. TIA
Add some perlite that should help
Don't spray them, don't cover seedlings, don't use wood chips, use perlite instead next time. they're staying too wet, don't water them until they almost dry out and make sure there's adequate drainage holes in those cups for best results
I've never seen a seedling with mold (other than "damping off," which you could be causing with too much wetness. But, I think it happens where the stem meets the soil.). To me, they look nutrient burned (crispy). Could be a pH problem.
Can you explain the soil, specifically what it is? You mentioned wood chips mixed in. Where did you get the wood chips, where did you the soil they're mixed into? You mentioned layers of differing consistency. What products did you use for all that?
The more informative you can be, the more people might be able to help.
How did you get the idea to mix wood chips, and have layers of soil? Did you see someone doing that successfully? (You're using the same products?). My concern about wood chips, they can draw nitrogen out of the soil, away from the plant.
It sounds like you might not have common products (potting mixes) there. You might have to discuss what is available and how to create something that will work. You might have to get into composting your own "super soil" (you can google about that).
once they get outside they go great but that can take months to get them strong and big enough to handle the outside sun,
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