Fix Leggy Seedlings
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 พ.ค. 2019
- What can you do to fix leggy seedlings? If you start seedlings indoors, low light levels can cause them to stretch towards the light and have a pale or yellow color. Warm temperatures, high humidity and poor air circulation can also lead to limp, weak plants. In this video I'll try to "fix" these leggy seedlings.
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"A week of determined neglect" - or a week in my house apparently. Great video.
lol. Thanks John
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm Do you have any "Lux" recommendations for seedling lighting intensity? So much conflicting info out there. Im starting these guys in the house. First year starting from seeds. Trying to get a good start !
Ha exactly what I was thinking but I've got what I thought was an ample light source. Going to try and save these little guys. Thanks for the video!
haha! a week in my house too!
As long as it is a plant and not a weed, I can kill it.
Oh god... I was so proud of myself that they were growing... badly apparently... 😭
Right? Oh look! They're sprouting! Oh look! They're dead!
Same! 🤣
Lol. :'0
We’ve all done it. 🥰 I hope this year goes well for you!
Hahaha. Same
It's funny that you had to work at getting your seedlings to look as miserable as mine normally do! Thank you for this video, caught my seedlings just in time for this gardening season!
ha ha, yes that made me chuckle as well....
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I have to admit that I am just amazed and grateful when my seeds grow at all, nevermind leggy! Nature is a wonderful manager!
I agree!!
ah im kind of sad, i was so proud of my tall seedlings! ill definitely refer to this video in an attempt to save them, thank you so much!
Best of luck!
If they are tomatoes or other nightshade varieties, pepper, eggplant, etc. I’ve never worried if they get a little leggy.
Just bury them up to the seed leaves, and they do fine. Anything below the seed leaves can turn into roots if they are buried.
I’ve even had success doing this with other plant varieties and had no issue with them either.
I’m sure there are some plants you need to worry about getting leggy, but I haven’t run across any yet in my 8 years of gardening.
A special trait with tomatoes is that the "hairs" on the stem actually are roots. If you have a leggy tomato plant, just plant it deeper or lay the stem sideways and then gently stake the top into a normal position. The buried stem roots itself quickly.
Hola! No es exactamente así. Los pelos son pelos y nada mas, no son raices. A veces cuando la planta está muy alta o le faltan nutrientes comienza a desarrollar raices visibles en el tallo y tienen aspecto de pequeñas verrugas blanquecinas en el tallo.
can you do this with peppers also
The hairs also will catch and consume insects. Bet you didn't know that tomatoes can be carnivorous plants.
You can do that bury trick with practically anny plant ;)
Roots can form from all the wood/soft tissue stems.
Glad I finally saw this comment. I’ve never worried about leggy tomato seedlings, when I transplant, I always just burry them up to that seedling leaf set and have never had any issue. Peppers are the same way.
Not sure if that works for all plants, but the majority of them that I plant in my garden don’t mind being buried a little deeper so they aren’t as floppy.
I've heard so many gardeners say NOT to fertilize until first TRUE leaves. In my experiences the seeds sprouted in potting mix (with added fertilizer) did WAY better than those in seed mixture (with no fertilizer). I'm so glad I came across this video 😀.
Me too. I did not have great success with seed mix but did well with sifted potting mix or homemade compost.
You can also add a little bit of hydroponic solution to the seed mixture (or pure coco coir).
In my experience this worked the best.
Thanks so much for the video. I just found your channel and I often wondered about stretchy plants. I had some this winter in the house. I hope they’re gonna make it, but that was a very good video.
Thanks for the comment. I just started doing this, so I guess I’ll stick with that approach.
Definitely one of the best seedling troubleshooting videos I've seen. This is my first year growing my vegetable garden from seed, and I was looking for videos on when to take off my humidity dome. Now I know that and more! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
MI Gardener ( On TH-cam) has some super helpful ones as well !
Same for me! This is my first time growing herbs from seed. I wasn't sure when to remove my dome and didn't even know that my stretched seedlings were *not* what they were meant to look like. I'm going to try some of these techniques from the video to save them. Very happy to have found this video!
An award-winning tomato grower in southern Oregon laid his long stems horizontally under the soil to promote more root growth. I planted close to the South Wall of the house and had 8' h. x 4ft dia. plants. Delicious. Thank you for the tips
I never knew the temp should be lowered once germinated! Also the feeding is important and most tutorials don't mention that. One tip about thinning - snip the extra with a small scissors rather than pulling out the extra one by the root - that way you don't disturb the root of the keeper :) Thanks! I just discovered you
Thank you. Sometimes I let (bad) habits guide my fingers!
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm No thank YOU! I've put your methods into practice and can tell a difference already in one day on my 5 day old seedlings :)
Very informative and useful info
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm With tomatoes, spindly seedlings are not a big problem. I bury the plants to the neck anyways when I plant them out. Tomatoes have tiny hairs on their stems that grow into roots. Edit: Ok, you knew that. But you can still bury them deeper than you did in the video.
Peppers otoh are far more difficult. They need a lot of light and the temperature needs to be higher than with other vegetable seedlings.
Most importantly: Once something has grown, you cannot push it back together.
Just watched a video from MIGARDENER where he lets the seedlings mature a bit more (2 sets of true leaves) and have more visible "hairs" on the stem. Then, he simply snips the weaker seedling at dirt level, and replants it WITHOUT ROOTS right up to the cotyledons and they end up growing roots and surviving! Amazing!
Well I'm doing most things wrong 😅Definitely a very helpful video!
I realised, me too..! 😂😆
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Me too!!
@@leighannirish4743 Same here!
Rotflol! Me TOO!
I'm glad you added in the last part about planting it deeper. I was taught to do this on every tomato plant. I usually do it three times per plant. Cut off the bottom branch, bury to almost the top of the plant in a pot. Transplant into the ground with the same process, cut bottom branch, bury to almost the top. A couple of weeks later, cut bottom branch once again and pull dirt up to the plant. I end up with a tomato bush that needs no cage or support that's covered with tomatoes...... Great video my friend. Seedlings look really good and you have a nice setup!
Going to do that this weekend thanks!
Second this! Can't remember for the life of me where I learnt this tip, but I've done it with every tomato plant and I've always had the same results as you!
Great idea! I might give that a swing!
Me too! I could have saved the seedlings he threw out by just planting them up to their little leaves. Actually, I could have taken his thinned seedlings, shoved them in dirt to their leaves and they would grown more roots. Tomatoes are weeds albeit lovely weeds that grow delicious fruit.
What do you mean by “cut off the bottom branch?” Are you just removing leaves/stems off the main stem and planting it deeper? Cutting off a branch and burying that?
This video saved my seedlings last year and I am rewatching it this year again and hopefully won't mess the seedlings up from the start again. Thank you for this video!
Thanks Martina - that warms my heart!
It's actually a good idea to plant seedlings as deep as possible so more roots will grow from where leaves are located. It will make your tomatoes strong. Grew up in the country and my family grew 80% of our food. If tomatoes are too tall, we would plant them a little bit slanted and they always grew very well. Also, you can make seedlings from new tomato shoots. Just plant them deep and water regularly and you will have more tomato plants.
MashaLifeVlog while that’s a good idea for plants like tomatoes, not all have the ability to root from the stem like tomatoes, it kind of depends
Certainly. I meant tomato seedlings in my comment.
I actually saw a video where they planted leggy ones in a trench and covered up to the leaves and they grew great
You can cut 100 tomato plants from one plant... stick in a cup of water 4 at a time
You don't even have to plant the suckers to grow tomatoes from them, it is enough to stick them in a bucket of water with some nutrient and they will develop into autonomous tomato plants. Aside from the novelty, this is a pretty cheap and low-effort way to increase your yields (slightly), especially if you don't have a lot of space.
Oh man I did everything wrong! Thank you so much :) I'll try to salvage my poor plants with your tips. Your insights will give me extra-beautiful plants next year!!
This is my 2nd year to attempt growing some food and most of my tomato seedlings were pretty leggy. I got most of them to recover well enough to transplant, which I did a few days ago. I had to bury them pretty deep and I wouldn't have known to do that if it weren't for this video.
Straight 2 the point No Bs filled 20min video for 4mins of info!!!
THANK U
Wow. This is the first video I have found that addresses this issue and shows how to fix it! Thank you! This has given me new hope!👍🏼
Hi Erin. Thanks, and good luck with your seedlings!
Ah this video is really exactly what I needed. I don't learn from people telling me what to do. I need a video of what CAN go wrong (because let's face it, novice gardeners do more things wrong than right) and how to break those brown thumb habits. I just took my dome off my poor little chamomile seedlings. Thanks so much =)
Thank you for this video! After watching dozens of hours of gardening videos and going through articles this one is hands down one of the most helpful videos I have come across. Like many others have commented, this is what most of my seedlings look like :D Now to the rescue, maybe I can still salvage some of them :)
We have had this issue several times & never knew what we were doing wrong or how to save the seedlings. Thank you so much!
Just started growing and this was good information thank you didn't know i had to lower temperature after seedlings start
Almost give up, but after watching your vid its gave me a new energy to save them😊
One of the best videos I've seen on starting off seedlings! Thanks for putting in so much detail - very helpful and thorough.
Thank you for this! I’m one week in and have leggy seedlings. I was about to start over with new seeds but this gives me confidence to keep these guys going!
Absolutely perfect presentation, clear, no stuffing around, and the explanations were perfect…thank you!!
I didn’t even know I had a problem until I accidentally spied your video below! Going to try your techniques tomorrow. Thank you in advance!!! You saved us from impending tomato plant doom, grief, and disappointment!
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Best luck Amber!
What a timely article. I had this exact thing happened to me two days ago because it was too warm in the house. So I took them out to the grow room with a bright grow light where it’s cooler and they are working really well with a fan gently flowing these new sprouts and I will give them some weak food tomorrow.
And the tip about the tomatoes is excellent. I guess it’s that time of the year when people are trying to start their garden.
This video was so helpful and really did answer ALL my questions about why my seedlings are leggy and growing poorly.
What an absolutely awesome video! I've had leggy seeds a lot and just babied them and end up planting them. Your out come is far better. I will be doing that next year for sure. But what really, really, want to see more of is those other seedlings you passed by so quickly; they were short and already had true leaves! I've never been able to get my seedlings to grow so well and don't even think I've seen any others on You Tube that looked so great. I'll search your other videos and probably find it!
I watched your video the first week I started growing my seedlings. And I had to come back now that they're beginning to stretch a bit more. Thank you so much!
It’s my first time trying to plant things. Your video was very helpful and on time for me. Thank you 🙏🏻
Very helpful, thank you! It's my first year and this video it's a play by play as to what happened to my seedlings, the only difference is I accidentally saved mine. Now I'm in the true leaf stage and you sir have given me hope :)
I once was an expert at growing those long leggy seedlings that eventually fell over died.
Was very frustrating, im finally learning.
Awesome video, thanks
Oh my gosh, thank you for the "one stop" video of answers, with before and after results!
"How to" is easy... it's the what and the why's that determines success or failure.
Now I feel like I know what to look for and how to mitigate or fix.
Thank you again (and again and again...)♡
Thank you for mentioning the bit about airing them out instead of leaving them in humidity. And not having heavy air on them. I think I've made just about every mistake in the book. Don't know how I missed this advice on so many other videos. Indoors takes a lot more work than allowing nature to do it. I noticed you even have to acclimate them to outdoor conditions. Thanks for the details. This has given me the confidence to try growing again.
Thank you! You just saved half my garden I didn't understand what I was doing wrong. It's my first time gardening and this helped me a lot!
You're so welcome - and I'm happy to see you taking up the hobby
Thank you for your clear, concise, and expert explanation in terms I can easily understand. NOW I finally get it! And you gained me as a subscriber...
OMG. Just the problem I am having with lettuce seedlings. Your video is a great help. Cant wait to try the hints and tips you gave. Thank you. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks for the info! I had this exact thing happen to my seedlings recently and glad I found your video! Thank you! God Bless!
As long as your seedlings are still nice and "bendy" you can lay the root plug horizontally right at the bottom of the pot and bend the stem in a U shape so that only the crown and leaves are sticking out of the soil. No need for tall pots! I've even potted rootplugs upside down as long as the stem does not break no problems!
The view from your window is stunning! You are so lucky! 🌄
Very helpful, thank you so much! Especially about reducing the heat. My first tray of seedlings went to the garbage, I'm determined to get it right for the second one, following these tips.
Cant like this video enough! Presented clearly and to the point. Thanks for the info!! Imma go save my plants now.
Very helpful video. This one is a "must share". I know several people this will help. Thank you!
I'm doing this TODAY! I had one shop light with 2 daylight bulbs over them, but I just added another one beside it. Wasn't sure if that alone would help - then found your video & feel like now I have a better chance to reign them in. THANK YOU!!!
Mirrors or aluminum foil can help reflect more light onto them too.
Wow... I'm amazed at just how much helpful information you packed in there. Thanks for helping beginner home gardeners like me 👊🏼🙏🏼👍🏼
Much needed video
Second time I'm studying/watching this video.
All the details you go into are answers to questions I've had during this important gardening step.
Glad to help Victoria!
This REALLY helped me as a beginner! Thank you!
Well, this was very educational for me. Feeding, proper use of the heat mat, introduction of a fan and the right amount of light. Thanks.
My pleasure
Oh my goodness I’m so glad I found you. I’m a beginner and all my seeds have done this. I’m so relieved that there is a remedy. A big thank you
My pleasure Karin!
Somehow most of your videos are covering exactly what I needed to know in the moment. Thank you very much and have a nice day.
Thank you for giving me the answer I’ve been looking for. No one else tell you that once they have come out to remove the dome and lower temperatures! It didn’t seem right to me to leave them in such a humid wet environment. I can’t thank you enough, you save all my seedlings.
My pleasure Vanessa. I hope your seedlings come out okay.
Oh my gosh, me too!! I somehow blindly did the correct steps and saved my baby tomatoes seedlings, if I could post pictures I would show you. the greenhouses we set up one I ordered from Amazon and the 2nd one my boyfriend made out of his old popup fishing shanty, lol it's a site but it's working 💚🌱
This has always been my problem living in Florida. You are the first person I’ve seen address this issue. Thank god for TH-cam’s algorithm!! Thank you!!
This was extremely helpful - I thought I lost it all! Thanks so much!
I am learning so much from so many farmers (large farms or small homestead family gardeners) and this video kindof incapsulates all I've learned and since done. I had cabbages with this issue and had to thin them out, then took the smaller ones I've removed that still had good roots and I planted them in their own cell. A little organic plant food, and light, and they bounced right back. Did the same with Broccoli. It's exciting!
This video helped me save 3 of my cannabis plants!
IKR....lol same
Where you live lol (:
woger ratters e town bitch
did you bury the seedling deeper to fix? thats what im thinking of doing
Echoing everyone else's comments, thank you soooo much for this video!!! First timer with seedlings here, so this fully explains what is happening with my seedlings. I will attempt to get them healthy with your tips. It's been 2 weeks, and I still have the seedling leaves on them. Mine are in peat pots, so I may consider transplanting them deeper into cups or containers this weekend. Thank you again!
My pleasure Victoria. Best luck with your growing season
I would try and avoid the peat pots! I'm learning too and all of the Gardners say peat pots will often kill your plants. I had gotten some too!
Thanks for putting up this video, I'm transplanting my tomato seedlings tomorrow since I made the mistake of putting lots of seeds into a single cell, but hopefully I'll be able to get them hardened off fairly quickly
Thanks ! I like the way you inform people. A salesman my friend.
Airflow strengthens the stem. The seedling feels it starts to tip over and it’s stem straightens up.
Someone had mentioned that you can 'hand-brush' the seedlings in opposite directions few times a day to strengthen their growing stems.
allways take the lower leaves off tom plants up to about 12 inch so rain wont splater soil on leaves cut down on fungus also if you get blossom end rot use calciium you can use drywall cysum are chalk it will work use a diluted copper spray for leafe wilt fungus watch for horn worms good luck
Awesome video! Never knew the stretching could be a bad thing. Thanks for the information. I’ve got work to do now.
Great very informative video. Thanks for investing weeks into preparing the seedlings in different stages.
Tomato seedlings will get spindly because they grow towards the light. I used to grow them in the basement, and hang a grow light on strings and lower it right over the tray. Raise the light as they grew. The tomato plants grow with nice thick stems.
Thanks for sharing your experience Luke.
Can the basement be cold? I mean a grow light for 14-18 hours and the lights off temperature around 50-60?
Yep, tomatoes and cannabis grow similarly...
@@Shonuffinman We have tomatoes going in our basement right now and it is freezing to me down there. Our grow light stays on for 12 hours, and I blacked out the windows to keep it dark in the area that they are. They're doing great.
@@yolandapierce4258 Thanks and God bless.
thank you for sharing this video. I was able to rescue my tomatillo seedlings
Nicely done!
I can NEVER grow tomatillos!!!
@@rachelpatterson1616 I tried last year, got lots of blooms, but never developed any tomatillos inside the pretty shaped bell flower. I then later realized I only planted 1 plant and they need 2 to cross pollinate. Sigh....good luck!!!
This was super helpful for a new gardener! Thank you 😊
Great info. Thank you so much. I start my seeds outside as soon as it’s warm enough and had a bumper crop of tomatoes and tomato plants. Gave a lot away.
This is very helpful. Thank you!
Exactly the information I needed! Thanks!
You are a very smart man. All the material is specific information without unnecessary prolongation. I admire you very much and thank you.
Really good advice to repair seedlings that have gotten away from me. Thanks!
I've learned so much from this video, thank you! I think you've ensured the robustness of my summer harvest 😁
Trick with such leggy tomatoe seedlings. Plant the long stem a little deeper. Down to the first leaves. We will get extra roots! The plant will be stronger.
You didn't finish watching the video, did you ...
@@williampotter2098 That's right. Wrote my comment before the end of this Video..Sorry.
I’ve attempted to rescue tomato seedlings on a flat tray like that by cutting an inch or so length of paper towel cardboard tubing and adding soil right on top of the flat to the “neck” of the leaves. It does work until you can transplant them. Good if two adjacent seedlings are at different heights too.
@@bjornmundt5801 No worries. I've done that ...
Yup..!
Enjoyed this video. Useful info for me the novice whom has just started. Thank you.
Thank you! This has been very helpful for first time gardeners like me.
This was very helpful! Thanks a ton
Amazing work Jason. I don't plan to grow tomatoes but I am sure it applies to most everything. I thoroughly enjoyed the entire video
Thanks so much for the encouragement!
Thanks for this video. I was facing this problem for my coriander seeds. Now I got the answer.
Your seedlings hardly looked struggling even after a week of undesirable conditions, but still helpful. Thanks
You sir have saved my seedlings. Thank you kindly.
Hello, i have grown tomatoes in a greenhouse for many years and my grandfather was my teacher. Some very good advice in this video. But did anyone else notice the poor bug swimming for its life at 4.50. Regards Chris.
christopher ckarkson
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Very very helpful information. I now totally understand why my plants are leggy and hopefully can restart and fix this. Thank you !!!
Thanks for the info video!… like others had mentioned, I was excited to see mine grow and “stretch” I’ll make the adjustment now and hopefully get some recovery!
thank you, this was very useful!
Good info great vlog Thanks SMILES
Learned a lot! Now I want a greenhouse even more!
thx for sharing, i used to hv lots of similar situation, took me a while to realize my mistake.
This is all true... he knows his stuff! Dropping some knowledge this one.
If you thin them by snipping with scissors, you dont disturb the roots of the remaining plant.
Thanks so much for this advice. I'm a first time seedling mamma and mine had just started germinating when found your video. I put my cornflower seedlings outside for some air and they look stronger already 🤗.
VERY informative video - clearly explained, scientific terms, videography and photos within different spans of time to show beginning/middle/end - all make for an ideal video in my book. Greatly appreciated - THANK YOU!
this was such a helpful video. As a first time gardener starting from seed, all my seedlings are leggy.... *sigh* but I have turned on more lights and increased air flow and hopefully I will be able to rescue them. Thankfully it's still early in the season to replant if I need to. Also, I LOVE your location! Beautiful views out your window!
Thanks Tiffanie - and best luck with your seedlings. What are you growing this year?
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm I have started (indoors) tomatoes, bell peppers, mixed greens, onion, and soon potatoes are going to go in a ruth stout hay bed.
Hey Tiffanie, Checkin in, how are they this week?
I tried but they were too far gone. I tried to bury them deeper and they kept getting taller then wilted a few days later. Back to the drawing board. My bell peppers, strawberries, and salad greens are doing well. Also, I'm trying to root my flowers from valentines day and so far I have leaves and even a bud on one of them!
@@randomchick643 I tried straight planting a few, and stuck a stem in a potato. So far the potted ones are struggling but are surviving. Lol
Moral of this video, an ounce of not screwing up in the first place is worth a pound of having to fix your mistake.
I love scientific methods, biological systems, and little things. Your video is all that and more. Great job.
Fantastic video. Thank you so much. This has helped me on my first year growing from seed.
So happy you found it useful. Best luck with your young plants!
Thank you! You literally saved my seedlings. I tried more heat, more water, leaving the clear plastic hood on longer... I was doing everything for germination, not for growth. The TL:DR... heat and humidity for germination, then remove heat/lid and increase light and air flow. THANK YOU so much, it was so hard to find a good clear concise video on this.
How often should I water my seedlings?
My pleasure. Happy to hear your seedlings are improving!
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm The person asked you a question & you gave a canned reply. If you want to appear as if you care about your viewership, you probably should actually answer his or her question.
Maybe it was an oversight caused by you skimming too many comments or maybe you got interrupted while you were replying. Whatever, happens to all of us.
But it would be nice if you attempted to answer the viewer's query, even if it is to say watering varies on the particular crop being watered & the age of the now germinated seedlings.
Peace
@@dewfie6620 Thanks - you're bang on, I do try to reply to everyone, but it looks like I read through too quickly and missed the question at the end.
Missed your question, sorry. It depends on the size of the pot and how far along the plants are. For the plug trays I used in this video, I need to water every day. If the plants are comparatively large, or it's a warm day, I may even have to water twice. A larger cell or pot holds more water, so you can get away with fewer waterings.
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm Thank you for the response. What are your thoughts of putting water in the trays underneath and letting the roots drink up from the tray?
had that leggy problem with my tomatoes so started using plastic drink cups with abour 2 inches of soil placed the seeds wnen they git up about 2 inchs i added some soil so they were sticking out i keep doing this till cup is full then they are strong enough to plant weather permitting arond good fri .
Gonna try this, thanks!
This is a great video! I used your recommendations and they have all strengthened significantly!
So happy to hear it!
This is the best video I have watched on leggy seedlings. Some say they are to far from the light, some say to close. Dont out them under light until taller. Very conflicting info, Thank you!
Thanks Kate. I appreciate the encouragement