Replant Those Long Stretchy Stems ( Its Easy )

coneoisser said:

What is the wattage on that 6500k bulb? Is it cfl? If it is it needs to be nearly touching the plant unless its 130w true wattage or greater. Then it needs to be at about 12 inches. If it is a normal household cfl you need a few and very close

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I have it almost touching the plant. I see difference in the plants idk. What the stain is its bag seeds I'm trying this out bfor I buy some good seeds can yall tell me were to get some good seeds I was looking at dutch

I'll be doing this today to the first two plants, looking left to right. Thanks for the very helpful info.

Very Cool, Thanks for a Great Save.
I have tossed stretched seedlings, now I have a good option.
Peace,
DZ

i like that i should have read this post earlier

Thanks for sharing this, it will be help alot of people im sure, i would like to ask though doing this is would not be "simple", if you have never done this... Do to the fact the root system could be damaged doing this, i mean when i plant has reached this stage depending on how healthly/strain, cant they have quite a few roots even at this point? Thanks so much for all of your shared knowledge and i will try this im sure on my next stretch!

+rep, thanks mate this is gonna hlep me fix the new little one i got growing

Thanks dude! I had some stretched seedlings and didn't know what to do. This is great info for us newbies. Thanks again!

Thanks for the information! Wish I seen this before I did it myself (1st timer) although I did something very similar.

Thanks for this alot! I just started my first plant ever and it started to stretch and fall over, this was exactly what i needed. Replanted, lowered the lights, and everything going great now

I just tried this on a lanky lady I have. Let's see how she looks...

Attitude seeds or nirvana seeds

Burying stretched seedlings often causes damping off and stem rot.

If they are given enough light from the moment they break the soil then seedlings don't stretch, it's one of the first important lessons anybody should learn.

iv just seen to many of those long stretchy seedlings and people asking why its doing that


so i figured i would just start a simple easy thread ya know ...

Thanks man, I have the same problem ( 2 weeks old and 8 inches high ) I don't have the room for trees

i agree with the yorkshireman.
you really should keep that light close so they dont stretch in the first place.
stem rot is no fun

very interesting @ OP going to definitely try that

Dude wow I must be fucking high I never once in my life thought if using clear cups to see the roots to know when to transplant lol nice nice

ImSoCuteAndDying5150 said:

Dude wow I must be fucking high I never once in my life thought if using clear cups to see the roots to know when to transplant lol nice nice

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technically you shouldn't use clear pot, when light hits the roots the roots die. You should ALWAYS use dark colored pots.

Thanks for the info! had a prob with stretching at the start with my hydro and had someone refer me here! same concept with grow medium in ebb n boom!

Thank you for posting this. I always wanted to grow my own, took me more then 5 decades to try and I found this helpful. Keep up the good work.

ImSoCuteAndDying5150 said:

Dude wow I must be fucking high I never once in my life thought if using clear cups to see the roots to know when to transplant lol nice nice

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I wanted to use was laying about and I ended up with clear water gallon jugs. Finding them to be suitable for the same reason.