Trapycarpus seedlings struggling to stay alive

Hi everyone,

I've been growing some trapycarpus fortunei seedlings for the past few months but lately they've all started to look like they're all dying off. Any thoughts on what could be causing this all of a sudden?

 

Also forgot to mention that I'd added fertiliser late so not sure if this could be killing the palms as they shouldn't be fed during the winter?

 

Difficult to say, they should be outside, but protected from the worst of the wet and hard frost.

Bad drainage would be my guess, but you can only guess from a picture.

 

ah ok thanks. So having the choice of putting them outside on on a windowsill inside you'd say it's a safer bet to put them outside instead? I'm thinking that I could have overfed them but not sure if they can be saved now either way

 

I agree they don't look good.
Funny thing is they come up in the mulch under my trees all by themselves.

I think drainage is the key in the early stages, and outdoor conditions, they are a hardy plant after all.
No fertiliser until april next year, they will be dormant.

 

Ok I'll repot them into regular compost without the fertiliser and put them outside with better drainage and see what happens. Thanks

 

No, don't repot now, its totally the wrong time of the year, dry them out a bit, although I think the one on the right is a gonna.