Can someone tell me if they think these seedlings are 'leggy' ?

http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=rm682u

If so when I pot them on can I just sit them deeper in the pot ?

To me they don't look too bad for this time of year; they're much like
my window-sill seedlings. You might chuck the very tallest, e.g. top row
second along, if you have enough to spare, or you could keep it and see
how it goes. The others look fine

You can certainly gradually bury tomatoes deeper. I wouldn't do this
except perhaps very slightly at a very early stage but later on when
you're potting on into bigger pots. Other might have done it earlier and
advise that it is OK early on.

Janet



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Can someone tell me if they think these seedlings are 'leggy' ?

http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=rm682u

If so when I pot them on can I just sit them deeper in the pot ?

"Gardening_Convert" wrote in message
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Can someone tell me if they think these seedlings are 'leggy' ?

Perhaps. Depends what they are.


http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=rm682u
If so when I pot them on can I just sit them deeper in the pot ?

Be careful when transplanting. Touch only the leaves and not the stems as this
may damage them

I'd perhaps put the seedlings in a slightly cooler place to slow them down bit.
Jenny

Gardening_Convert writes
Can someone tell me if they think these seedlings are 'leggy' ?

http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=rm682u

If so when I pot them on can I just sit them deeper in the pot ?

Mostly OK - a few at top R possibly. Bit worried about the very yellow
cotyledons at bottom R - what are they?

Must say I'm impressed - you clearly have much more patience than I have
when it comes to spacing seeds.
--
Kay

bottom right are lettuce
top right are marigolds
left top are tomatoes
next row down left are aubergine
next rown down left are pepper F1 hybrid
bottom left Rainbow chilli

at the very top on both side are flat leaves parsley which are only
just starting to poke there head up




On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 11:21:21 +0000, K wrote:

Gardening_Convert writes
Can someone tell me if they think these seedlings are 'leggy' ?

http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=rm682u

If so when I pot them on can I just sit them deeper in the pot ?

Mostly OK - a few at top R possibly. Bit worried about the very yellow
cotyledons at bottom R - what are they?

Must say I'm impressed - you clearly have much more patience than I have
when it comes to spacing seeds.

Can you find a place to keep then that they will recieve 6 hours of sunlight
a day? Getting leggy comes from a shortage of light and they are reaching
to get more.

Dwayne

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Can someone tell me if they think these seedlings are 'leggy' ?

http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=rm682u

If so when I pot them on can I just sit them deeper in the pot ?

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Can you find a place to keep then that they will recieve 6 hours of
sunlight a day?

Unlikely , this is the UK and a particularly wintry March.

Agreed, but the sun comes up about 7:30 and does not set till at least 18:00 so
6 hours does not seem unreasonable :~)

Sunlight is different from warmth, Jenny

JennyC writes

"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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from "Dwayne" contains these words:

Can you find a place to keep then that they will recieve 6 hours of
sunlight a day?

Unlikely , this is the UK and a particularly wintry March.

Agreed, but the sun comes up about 7:30 and does not set till at least 18:00 so
6 hours does not seem unreasonable :~)

Perhaps not, but that was before someone decided to draw the curtains by
putting a layer of cloud between us and the sun.

From the Met Office site:
"The sunniest parts of the United Kingdom are along the south coast of
England. This is largely because the formation of convective (cumulus)
cloud takes place over land and skies over the sea remain cloud-free.
Many places along this south coast achieve annual average figures of
around 1,750 hours of sunshine. The dullest parts of England are the
mountainous areas, with annual average totals of less than 1,000 hours.
"

In other words, the very sunniest parts of the UK achieve an average of
4.8 hours of sunshine a day over the whole year - chances of getting 6
hours a day in the winter would appear to be slim.


--
Kay

K wrote:
Gardening_Convert writes
Can someone tell me if they think these seedlings are 'leggy' ?
http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=rm682u
If so when I pot them on can I just sit them deeper in the pot ?
Mostly OK - a few at top R possibly. Bit worried about the very yellow
cotyledons at bottom R - what are they?

Must say I'm impressed - you clearly have much more patience than I have
when it comes to spacing seeds.

Innit!!!??!? Maybe 'gardening convert' has already thin down the rows?
In any case they're not bad - though there's a few yellow at the
bottom. I'll put them in a colder place now - looks like they need more
root space too.

"K" wrote in message
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JennyC writes

"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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The message
from "Dwayne" contains these words:

Can you find a place to keep then that they will recieve 6 hours of
sunlight a day?

Unlikely , this is the UK and a particularly wintry March.

Agreed, but the sun comes up about 7:30 and does not set till at least 18:00
so
6 hours does not seem unreasonable :~)

Perhaps not, but that was before someone decided to draw the curtains by
putting a layer of cloud between us and the sun.

From the Met Office site:
"The sunniest parts of the United Kingdom are along the south coast of
England. This is largely because the formation of convective (cumulus)
cloud takes place over land and skies over the sea remain cloud-free.
Many places along this south coast achieve annual average figures of
around 1,750 hours of sunshine. The dullest parts of England are the
mountainous areas, with annual average totals of less than 1,000 hours.
"

In other words, the very sunniest parts of the UK achieve an average of
4.8 hours of sunshine a day over the whole year - chances of getting 6
hours a day in the winter would appear to be slim.
Kay

Crickey !!
Now wonder there's so much SAD about :~(
Jenny

JennyC writes

"K" wrote in message
...

From the Met Office site:
"The sunniest parts of the United Kingdom are along the south coast of
England. This is largely because the formation of convective (cumulus)
cloud takes place over land and skies over the sea remain cloud-free.
Many places along this south coast achieve annual average figures of
around 1,750 hours of sunshine. The dullest parts of England are the
mountainous areas, with annual average totals of less than 1,000 hours.
"

In other words, the very sunniest parts of the UK achieve an average of
4.8 hours of sunshine a day over the whole year - chances of getting 6
hours a day in the winter would appear to be slim.

Crickey !!
Now wonder there's so much SAD about :~(

I think we've had two hours of sun in the last fortnight ;-)
--
Kay

Dwayne writes


We may be as far south as Greece, but it often gets down to -20 C here in
the winter time (so far not this year, but winter isnt over yet).

If you are as far south as Greece, then you will have far less
difference in day length between winter and summer than we do. In
winter, it will be still dark at about 8am, and dark again by 4pm. The
other effect is that the sun is at a much lower angle.

It's not so much severe cold that is a problem here, it's the
combination of lesser cold, lack of light and waterlogging of soil. The
last isn't a problem for seed raising indoors, but the first two
certainly are.

I enjoy your enthusiastic posts, but sometimes it might be helpful when
giving advice to let people know you're posting from US, so that your
solutions might not work here. It may all seem pretty obvious, but
sometimes to a beginning gardener it is not.
--
Kay

"K" wrote in message
news
Dwayne writes


We may be as far south as Greece, but it often gets down to -20 C here in
the winter time (so far not this year, but winter isnt over yet).

If you are as far south as Greece, then you will have far less difference
in day length between winter and summer than we do. In winter, it will be
still dark at about 8am, and dark again by 4pm. The other effect is that
the sun is at a much lower angle.

It's not so much severe cold that is a problem here, it's the combination
of lesser cold, lack of light and waterlogging of soil. The last isn't a
problem for seed raising indoors, but the first two certainly are.

I enjoy your enthusiastic posts, but sometimes it might be helpful when
giving advice to let people know you're posting from US, so that your
solutions might not work here. It may all seem pretty obvious, but
sometimes to a beginning gardener it is not.
--
Kay

Thank you Kay for explaining that. Perhaps I should tell everyone on this
newsgroup that I am from Kansas every time I post. The reason I haven't was
because I have found a few regulars on this newsgroup that don't like
Americans. I just wanted to share my experiences without having them
belittled by one of these regulars.

When I said they needed 6 hours of sunlight, I didn't realize that some
gardeners didn't know that plants absorb the rays of sunlight even on a
cloudy day after they pass through the clouds.

Where ever you live, when plants get leggy, if is because they don't get
enough sunlight. A person will have to provide sunlight or growing lights
for at least 6 hours (longer for some plants and if illuminated by growing
lights) a day for them to produce correctly. My living in Kansas doesn't
change that, and if what I do in Kansas to correct the problem, will help
someone in the UK, then I am going to keep passing on the information. You
stated that the "other effect is that the sun is at a much lower angle".
That means that you will get more sunlight through your doors and windows on
the south side of your homes, and it will provide an excellent place to set
your seedlings so they will get more sunlight/sunrays.

Dwayne