Replant Those Long Stretchy Stems ( Its Easy )

This is my first post, I have been quietly reading in the background for about a month, gradually collating information and collecting equipment for a small stealth grow cab. Having read all of the thread it is really annoying that people keep raising the same issues that you answered In the first couple of pages Goten. Anyways, my cab is 4'x1.5'x3'tall. I would ideally like to split it in half, and have 1 half for mother/1 veg and the other half for 1 flower plant. Do you think this is doable? have got 400w hps matched to fan matched to carbon filter for flower and was gonna go cfl for veg. Also, was thinking bubbler hydroponic as i have lots of equipment from a tropical fish setup, also have digital ph meter and nute meter, airlines, regulators and fittings on the way, as too the mesh pots, just need growing media, nutes and to make my hydroponic trays. And have just realised this is a total thread hijack. Sorry, either throw or point me in the right direction.

Thank man. If I am rockwool and am now in net pots/rockwool you think its ok to cover the stem with pebbles?

WTF does that have to do with replanting seedlings?

Spammer

I have done that but still my baby has a long neck , has 16 days and it's about 20 cm long. I have a 500 W halogen lamp at 35 cm from the baby. If I'll bring it closer I am afraid it might burn...

Please advice

its creating too much heat and not enough light for the plant u should go out and try a few cfl if ur jus doin one plant. with all that heat ur gonna have to keep raising the light and its gonna continue to stretch

perkele said:

I have done that but still my baby has a long neck , has 16 days and it's about 20 cm long. I have a 500 W halogen lamp at 35 cm from the baby. If I'll bring it closer I am afraid it might burn...View attachment 1894166

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I really appreciate your advice, thank you! I will try to find tomorrow some CFLs and to try to connect them somehow cause I am in a real doubt that I'll be able to find any Y connecters

The splitters are $2.00 at the depot. They should be an easy find. I would like to find FOUR WAY splitters. I saw them on the idiot box on finished lamps. Hate using 3 two way to get a four way.
It's not specific to weed but "Gardening 101" says to never to cover exposed stem with more dirt. I don't know about weed but stem rot occurs in woodies. For you guys practicing replanting are you covering softwood or semi-soft wood with success?? Could you scratch the stem and use rooting hormones?
I have a plant I'm gonna pull out of my box.... Maybe I will give it a test and pinch off a set of leaves and plant it as deep as the first node. I wonder?

Rottedroots said:

The splitters are $2.00 at the depot. They should be an easy find. I would like to find FOUR WAY splitters. I saw them on the idiot box on finished lamps. Hate using 3 two way to get a four way.
It's not specific to weed but "Gardening 101" says to never to cover exposed stem with more dirt. I don't know about weed but stem rot occurs in woodies. For you guys practicing replanting are you covering softwood or semi-soft wood with success?? Could you scratch the stem and use rooting hormones?
I have a plant I'm gonna pull out of my box.... Maybe I will give it a test and pinch off a set of leaves and plant it as deep as the first node. I wonder?

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i have buried several and it always works, not that i have grown a million plants or anything but in my limited experience i find this is very helpful.

nice, i actually plant my clones / seeds with 1/2 the pot empty in case i have to add soil. Same thing as your doing but not transplanting. After they get a little bigger i get them with thier own light and dont have the stretching problem anymore :+)

Cool I'll try it. Nothing like first hand knowledge and I'm sure willing to use it. Will it work with hardwood and softwood?

Great advice dude! Gunna do this today with my amnesia!

One question though... Would this slow down overall growth of the plant for a while, while new roots are growing from the stem?

No it will not slow down growth at all

It does not have any negative effects ,

Well that is unless you dont be all rough and tearing any roots while your doing it lol

for me when i plant seedlings i make the soil level like 2 inchs from the top so if it stretches i dont have to replant it just por some soil on top of the existing soil so the cotyledons are almost touching the soil

Does this work on a more mature plant? From taking cuttings and just the way its growing I have a pretty long trunk on my bush maybe .5 inch thick. Can I bury some of that when I transplant?

Nice one bro! Been searching the web all night trying to find a little info on those who like to stretch and it was here all along Just started growing and I dont want to get my 400MH too close yet but can see a few of mine are stretching out...

Great thread! Some really good advice, thanks! ...Here's a pic of my babies, they're 3 days old though I'm inexperienced and unsure if these are actually stretching...

http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k603/MrBongChong/IMAG0206.jpg

considering I can only grow them 3 feet tall, should I replant these?

Mr. Bong Chong said:

Great thread! Some really good advice, thanks! ...Here's a pic of my babies, they're 3 days old though I'm inexperienced and unsure if these are actually stretching...

http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k603/MrBongChong/IMAG0206.jpg

considering I can only grow them 3 feet tall, should I replant these?

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Yes i would most definitely re plant those

Your soil looks very soaked also did you just water ?

I personally would take those completely out and knock off excess soil from roots

Then re bury the whole stem all the up to the cotyledon leaves like the pics in the very first post shows

Only water your seedlings every few days , not every day

just water then when pot dries back out water again

Happy growing my man

this is before burying

this is after (and 9 days later)
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this is before burying
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this is after (and 9 days later)
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Yup

Just like that ,,

rep my man