These are pachypodium lamerii seedlings and they were fine all winter up until i watered them as it’s starting to warm up here in socal. Almost all of them started shriveling at the base but don’t have root rot (as seen on the last photo) or tip rot. it’s like something is attacking the stem near the soil line. Is my water from my hose moldy or something? i’m so confused how all of them could end up like this basically overnight. also, just to be clear they haven’t been in direct sunlight either, they were in indirect light for winter.
by Relevant_Fennel4203
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This seems to happen to me when I go from no water to lots of water to often or too quickly. I would take all of them out of the soil and dry them and asses the damage. You can probably save more than you would think.
I start to ease into water rather than a deluge. Give them a few sips, wait a week or so, then larger sips.
For these guys maybe dry them out and do a re-set; I bet you can save some.