Extremely thin stem

Good day Ladies and Gents.

What would you recommend i do with this little seedling? Never had this happen to me before.

Grown on root riot while the roots get a good base.

Can it be planted deep into soil or is it a case of chucking it?

Thanks a lot, BudSugar.

looking back, the picture doesnt really give it justice on how thin it actually is...

Trying to get more light. Yes you can bury it deeper

Is this a lack of light issue? They're under a 600w hps... but kinda tucked away in the corner of my veg tent.

Thanks Leather Lungs! Awesome.

600w hps is too much for them at that stage and having it so far away looks like its causing some stretch.
a few CFL bulbs is all you need until they get a few sets of true leafs then you can introduce them slowly to the hps.

you can replant them and bury the stretched stem deep, i do it all the time and fixes it right up into a short stout plant.

the picture of the single seedling (the one with the thin stem) looks like its starting to get damping off(plant disease, google it) but i might be wrong.

you can put a light breeze on the seedlings and it will strengthen and thicken the stems up nicely. dont blast them with wind though.

Wow, thanks for all the replies.

I replanted and its looking alright so far.

It actually happened again to another seedling however this time it was with the aid of a thermometer dropping from the tent ceiling *facepalm*.

Ive looked into damping off and i think you might be onto something, I'll keep an extra close eye on that one.

Thanks again everyone.

Your WASTING a lot of power with the 600. Use CFL or T-5 for the first couple 3 weeks. At least until you have a few true sets of leaves,

Thanks for the concern, they were sat in my veg tent with 8 other much bigger plants. I'll look into setting up a cfl set up for my next lot of seedlings.

Cheers again.