zhanataya wrote:

On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 17:40:27 -0800, "Jessica"
wrote:

Just curious what a 'leggy' seedling looks like. I don't understand the
term.


When you go to look at the tomato plants/plantlets ;-) at Home Depot
at Lowe's you'll see a good example of leggy. The stem gets tall.
lots of distance between soil level and the leaves in proportion to
the size of the plant.

Leggy tomatoes aren't completely beyond salvation. Plant them deep, and
they'll grow roots along the buried stem. Consider that even with healthy
plants, you'll usually pinch off all but the top leaves and plant them
horizontally.