Replant Those Long Stretchy Stems ( Its Easy )

This was very helpful and informative. Thank you very much.

Indeed very informative! Thank you!

Wanted to say thanks again, Planted the tiny, little stretched ones a while back and they are now looking much better!


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Originally Posted by goten

This is just to show you how easy it is to bury those long stretchy stems ,

After you replant them make sure you lower your lights so they wont continue to stretch

I do not have a pic of one of those seedlings with the long ass stem reaching for a light that's 2ft high

But i got this one that i internally let slightly stretch a little , you can see the slight stretch at the bottom of the stem

You do not want your soil wet when you do this

its best for the soil to be dry so the extra soil will come off the roots easier

After you take your plant out , GENTLY break lose the soil from around the roots

After you got the excess soil off the roots , put some soil back in the bottom of your cup or pot

you dont want to put your plant right in with the roots hitting the bottom of your cup because you dont want the chance for the roots to grow out the drain holes

so put some soil in the bottom first then put your seedling back in

position your seedling at desired height for your stem to be buried at

i would bury all the way up to the Cotyledon leaves ,

after your have replanted and buried your stem you can then give it just A LITTLE bit of water

the part of the stem that you buried will eventually start to grow roots

your plant will pretty much not go into shock at all from this

just make sure your gentle when your braking the lose soil off the roots

Like i said this is not a bad stretchy plant but the same principle applies with those long ass stretchy stems

hope this helps you all that has the long stretchy seedling stem problem

remember to lower your lights so they wont continue to stretch

Get a light on them bro, really lanky with only 2 generations

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not stepppin on anyones toes but , its fine to put o/d in for the initial charge,,,infact its dynamiite...in small doses.

I'm going to shake some pollen off of that male and see if he set roots on that two plus inches of wood I buried. I buried an awful lot of wood as a test only. It does not appear as though the plant minded being buried that deeply But it didn't speed up growth either. In my mind it rules out burying them as deeply as you can a tomato plant. In the case of tomatoes it is an old gardening practice but is for emergencies only as far as weed is concerned which I believe was what goten the OP was going for.

Originally Posted by bloodway

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