poor root development and fungal diseases, such as “damping-off.”
It is not necessary to fertilize plants until they have emerged from the medium and are off to a good healthy start. Young seedlings should be fed a half-strength solution of fertilizer after they are about 3-1/2 weeks old.
Young seedlings will continue to grow with the right growing conditions and before you know it, March and April will pass. May will arrive and our warm season seedlings will be healthy young transplants,