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Seedlings very leggy...
I have planted 16 basil seeds and 16 tumbler tom seeds in a propagator,
I have put this into a warm cupboard following advice on here. Many of the basil seeds have germinated, and so far one of the tom seeds. However, they all appear very leggy - they are about 2' tall so far but are yet to develop any leaves (they still have the tight white 'ball' on the top). Should they be this leggy ? I have moved them to a sunny position to try and stimulate leave development - was this the right thing to do, esp considering most os the toms have not germinated ?? Should I buy another smaller propagator and seed tray and split them out into germinated / not germinated - putting the former in a sunny position and leaving the latter in the cupboard ? |
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Seedlings very leggy...
yep - 2" !
OK - I'll leave them where they are now, and hopefully they'll start behaving. The Basil seeds which came up first are now leggy, the later ones are not so - hopefully this move will stop them going that way. The same should be the case now for the toms. I'll keep the lid on the propagator to try and keep humidity and temp up. I've been lightly spraying them every day so are moist but not wet. Again - thanks for the help Sacha ! |
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James Fidell wrote: FWIW, I've got loads of leggy seedlings sprouted from seeds planted in early March that I couldn't put into the greenhouse because it's been so unusually cold. I've just planted a few "spares" in case anything goes horribly wrong, but now they're out in the greenhouse I'm mostly just going to let them get on with things and see how it turns out. I think I need a better solution for next year though. I'd completely run out of window space by the middle of March... Well, we had enough a few years ago when I had all of the window seals chucker with seedling and my cats driving me nuts everytime they approached the windows to investigate. So we built, sorry 'he' built, a veranda/greenhouse/conservatory thing at the back. Since then it's just blooming marvelous ) |
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Thanks for the reply. I was suprised that the one tom seed germinated
so quickly -maybe its a stray basil ?! They will be going into hanging baskets on a south facing fence - therefore getting full sun and well shaded from the wind. I've planted about 5x more seeds than I need plants, so should have enough choice to pick the strong ones. |
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Broadback wrote: It is like a lot of instructions, very difficult to follow. Place in dark until germination, fine except they will not all germinate simultaneously. So if you leave them in the dark until they all germinate the earliest are too leggy. The answer is of course, the difference between myself (instructions must be obeyed at all times) and a skilled gardener, who knows exactly when to move them into the light, enter Sacha et al, takes a bow! :-) I've sowed veges and flowers since I'm big enough to hold a pot and some seeds. I have never ever placed my seeds in the dark. |
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On 28 Mar 2006 01:42:16 -0800, "La Puce" wrote
this (or the missive included this): I've sowed veges and flowers since I'm big enough to hold a pot and some seeds. I have never ever placed my seeds in the dark. Exactly. I like to seeds come through green and sturdy as soon as they germinate, not white, limp and leggy. My tomato seeds (in an unheated propagator on a conservatory window sill) are up in about 6 days and moved on into single pots at 2 weeks. -- ®óñ© © ² * ¹°°³ |
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"La Puce" wrote in message oups.com... Broadback wrote: It is like a lot of instructions, very difficult to follow. Place in dark until germination, fine except they will not all germinate simultaneously. So if you leave them in the dark until they all germinate the earliest are too leggy. The answer is of course, the difference between myself (instructions must be obeyed at all times) and a skilled gardener, who knows exactly when to move them into the light, enter Sacha et al, takes a bow! :-) I've sowed veges and flowers since I'm big enough to hold a pot and some seeds. I have never ever placed my seeds in the dark. I don't plant in the dark either. I do cover the pots with plastic to keep the moisture in. A friend of mine puts her pots in the kitchen where she has underfloor heating :~) Jenny |
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Its all a learning curve I guess... this being my first year, I can be sure some things will go wrong. Hopefully I wont start annoying people with all my questions ! |
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wrote in message ups.com... Its all a learning curve I guess... this being my first year, I can be sure some things will go wrong. Hopefully I wont start annoying people with all my questions ! Hey, if things don't go wrong, you are not trying hard enough. Seriously though, for most of us, this is not an exact science. Things will continue to go wrong from here on. As you go on, a few less things will go wrong, and a few more will go right. So, relax and enjoy it when it goes right. And remember, the plants left to God to look after get watered when he feels like it. They get hot and cold at all sorts of different times. They compete with each other for whatever food is still in the ground. And yet, the last time was out in the wild country they were doing OK (this morning!). So, yes. It is a learning curve, but the questions will go on forever. Enjoy Lyndon |
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Seedlings very leggy...
wrote in message ps.com... Thanks for the reply. I was suprised that the one tom seed germinated so quickly -maybe its a stray basil ?! They will be going into hanging baskets on a south facing fence - therefore getting full sun and well shaded from the wind. I've planted about 5x more seeds than I need plants, so should have enough choice to pick the strong ones. Given that you'll presumably be leaving the propagator permanently on the windowsill from now on, in line with all the advice proffered: as the weather has improved, in the SE at least. I haven't conducted any experiments to prove the efficacy of this, but its not that difficult to cut out an extra blanket lid out of bubblewrap, which can be slid right over the propagator at night and removed in the morning. Slid right down so it rests on the actual sill all around. Cut the bubblewrap to fit, by draping it over the lid and then stick the sides together with sellotape. The actual thickness is up to you, depending on much clearance you have all round.. This is easy with an unheated propagator as there's no snagging with the cable. Depending on the material of the sill, resting the propagator on a sheet of bubblewrap or a thin sheet of expanded polystyrene cut to fit, may also reduce heat loss in that direction too. Apparently insulating bubblewrap is far more effective than packing bubblewrap, of which you can find odd bits knocking around all over the place for nothing. But then anything is better than nothing as well. While people who don't bother with any of this probably achieve results which are 80% as good. michael adams .... |
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