so checked on a seed that had been planted quite a few days ago and had a tap root when planted… after 5 days there where no signs of life
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Looks like it may have rotted in the media… trying to figure out what those opaque globs are though!
Edit: are they a soil mite of some sort?
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this has been happening alot lately though I’ve been not paper toweling the seeds after soak just direct sow… then this happens…
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Tiny little bastards! I wouldn’t rule them as being the culprit of killing the seedling as of yet , they might be natures little cleaners of dead organic matter!
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yea but every seei direct sow ends like this, if I give them a 1/4" to 1/2" taproots before I plant it’s fine
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sad to see it.
try microwaving a sample to sproud a seed in…(sterilize it)…side by side.
that should tell us if those lil folks are beanivorous
fwiw, jiffy pellets are abou 10 cents at wal[ugh]mart
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Those sure look like mites.
Gonna need a serious clean out it looks.
Best of luck!
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maybe fight fire with fire? 
find meaner bigger hungrier bugs!
or just sterilize. 
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Looks like soil mites to me too. . . H2O2 soil cleanse, should do it, or some DE, neem, lol. . .you know the drill
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