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how a beginnner determines leggy?
Is there some ratio or something to decide how leggy is leggy? I
think i haven't given my seedlings enough light and i know leggy transplants do't do well, but for a beginner looking at a shelf full of plants, I don't know if this is leggy or not. Specifically i'm most concerned about peppers(bell, jalapeno, & cayenne). For instance, my best looking one is close to 5 inches high. 1.25" up a set of two "non-true" simple leaves --forgot the technical terms for them. 2.75" up is the first true leaf 3.50" up is the second true leaf 4.00" up is the third true leaf 4.25" up is the fourth and fifth and two small ones that ar just beginning. Is that leggy? They are about 8 weeks old in a 5" pot. DiGiTAL_ViNYL (no email) |
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how a beginnner determines leggy?
DigitalVinyl wrote:
Is there some ratio or something to decide how leggy is leggy? I think i haven't given my seedlings enough light and i know leggy transplants do't do well, but for a beginner looking at a shelf full of plants, I don't know if this is leggy or not. Specifically i'm most concerned about peppers(bell, jalapeno, & cayenne). For instance, my best looking one is close to 5 inches high. 1.25" up a set of two "non-true" simple leaves --forgot the technical terms for them. 2.75" up is the first true leaf 3.50" up is the second true leaf 4.00" up is the third true leaf 4.25" up is the fourth and fifth and two small ones that ar just beginning. Is that leggy? They are about 8 weeks old in a 5" pot. DiGiTAL_ViNYL (no email) What type light source? How close? FWIW, peppers are good for your first attempts at starting indoors because they rarely become leggy. |
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how a beginnner determines leggy?
"Dr. Rev. Chuck, M.D. P.A." wrote:
DigitalVinyl wrote: Is there some ratio or something to decide how leggy is leggy? I think i haven't given my seedlings enough light and i know leggy transplants do't do well, but for a beginner looking at a shelf full of plants, I don't know if this is leggy or not. Specifically i'm most concerned about peppers(bell, jalapeno, & cayenne). For instance, my best looking one is close to 5 inches high. 1.25" up a set of two "non-true" simple leaves --forgot the technical terms for them. 2.75" up is the first true leaf 3.50" up is the second true leaf 4.00" up is the third true leaf 4.25" up is the fourth and fifth and two small ones that ar just beginning. Is that leggy? They are about 8 weeks old in a 5" pot. DiGiTAL_ViNYL (no email) What type light source? How close? I have a nice sunny window (SSE) where six pots sit completely in the window frame-several hours of sun a day. but two pots hang back further with a window box which I'm getting ready to move outside. I added plain flourescents for the back plants, but they are 2 small 18" ones. I'm guessing 15 Watt each. They are only about two inches from the tops of the tallest. Since this is a first go-around for me, I'm not even sure if the plants are the size they should be after 8 weeks (from seed, about 5-7 from germination). The tallest are around 4.5" some only 3" Shoot I was just in a nursery this morning I should have paid more attention to their pepper plants. I remember their tomato plants were much bigger(7-9" tall) FWIW, peppers are good for your first attempts at starting indoors because they rarely become leggy. I also started italian parsley, thyme, chives and oregano. I transplanted some of each (i had to thin a lot of seedlings) about 3-4 weeks ago into a large window box. Mostly to practice transplanting without killing them. The parsley seemed to take the longest to recover, about 3 weeks before it really looked like they resumed top growth--don't know what the root system is like on any. Only one of the three chive bunches i tranplanted really looks like they are growing at all. DiGiTAL_ViNYL (no email) |
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