pale/yellow seedlings

[Taliesin-DS]

Hi, i sowed some Bongso seed last year and some of them have germinated.
They started out green but in a few days every new leaf becomes pale/yellow.
Could this be caused by too much light ?
They are 10 cm below 2 55 watt pl lights.
The soil is a mixture of peat, chopped spaghnum and perlite.
Humidity 90-100%, temperature 18-25 c, photoperiod 14 hours.
This D. Aliciae is growing in the same conditions.

 

[Tony Paroubek]

You need to feed them.

 

[Sig]

Chlorosis, with cps it's stopped by nutrients from bugs.

 

[Taliesin-DS]

Tnx, i gave them some coffee.
Is it normal for this size seedling to need extra nutrients ?
Because i read reports from people that germinated neps in pure live spagnum without feeding anything and those plants looked fine to me.

 

[Clue]

Tnx, i gave them some coffee.
Is it normal for this size seedling to need extra nutrients ?
Because i read reports from people that germinated neps in pure live spagnum without feeding anything and those plants looked fine to me.

I have had no successful experience with Nep seeds, but after the cotyledons are formed, the leaves have little traps on them. The traps have a purpose... they are there to catch food because even at a small age, they need it.

Or at least I assume so.

 

[Sig]

You should put springtails in the soil to feed the little pitcher.

 

[Taliesin-DS]

There were a lot of them but they dissapeared somehow XD
I'll look for more in the seed trays that haven't germinated yet.

 

[Taliesin-DS]

They are looking much better now.
Half of the old pitchers have turned green and growth is a lot faster.
There have even been 2 new germinations
This seed was sown in late november.