Aquilegia seedlings dying ?

I pricked out and potted up my aquilegia seeds at the weekend ... all the lower leaves seem to be dying off (see photos)

I potted them up into John Innes #2, one per pot, was very gentle, soaked them from the bottom up. They are sat in a sunny south facing window.

Any idea why the leaves are dying off ? Is this likely to spread up the plant ? Anything I can do ?!?

 

I've never had any luck pricking them out. I find it better to thin them out and be done with it. Better still, sow now where you want them. Hopefully someone will let us in on the secret.

 

i have some in 9cm pots(i must of sown them in winter) but they are bushier than yours len,maybe with yours because they are leggy maybe loosing bottom leaves to thicken up ?? trust me i dont know its just a guess x
mine are both doing the same in the garden and the greenhouse so im guessing they are quite determined to grow so i wouldnt worry yet ive also just put some seeds in trays to see the outcome so maybe they will be leggy to begin with x

 

jwk..do you lens plants or my tray of seeds? like i said both my outdoor n greenhouse plants are about the same,the only diff i can see is lens got stones in his soil ? il put pics on of both tomo but i dont know len sown his and if the time make a diff x

 

I have a lot of aquiligia around the garden. Generally I find they self seed and those growing can be transplanted and potted on for sharing with no problem.
I have grown seeds and have some success, but collecting the naturally spread and germinated seeds has proved easier to achieve.

 

I have had similar problems with them when I've grown them from seed; they continue to produce new leaves but lose the lower (older) leaves. Once I planted them out in the ground though they quickly established and became much healthier bushy plants. As long as they keep producing new leaves I wouldn't worry too much, I think its because they have a larger root system than we think and aren't entirely happy until they're in the ground or a large pot..

 

Things in the greenhouse seem to be doing better than the windowcill , eg pepper/tom seedlings but im green so its all trial and error for me this yr.
i got my aguilegia seeds from carrie last yr shiney cant wait to see them flower i didnt realise they would be easy to grow so i will be planting out as many as i can plus ordering more varieties xx

 

shiney i would be happy if i manage to get one flower,any colourthey seem to plodding along ok at the moment i just hope they stay that way i took these today of the ones in the potting shed and in the garden,the ones ive put in seeds trays in the greenhouse havnt shown up yet but i think i only planted them about a week back x

 

will do shiney cheers