They do look like they are reaching. If you plan doing this yearly buy a cheap 4 foot fixture or some clamp lights with cfl's in them.

Nice seatbelt. :)
You got them scared they are going to fall,they are leaning the other way to keep the pot from getting to heavy on the wrong side...

I'd say they need more light and/or a quarter turn each day.
The main stem seems a little leggy but the space between leaves seems ok.Usually the whole plant stretches and you get long stems and lots of space between leaf sections with low lite.
They could have gotten long stems trying to get taller than the pot rim.
Try turning them each day and see if they straighten up and start branching.

Maybe before they didn't get enough light but they reached above the pots shade and as days get longer and warmer they stopped streatching.
They seem a bit small for 25 days old.

It's only in the last couple of days that I've noticed them getting leggy. Before that, I thought they were doing quite well, the leaves are probably a bit bigger than what they look like in the photo. I have a CFL I can hover above them for supplement light. I think I'll try that, since it will be a PITA to put them with the tomatoes (everything at different heights means lots of blocks for raising). They might be small for 25 days, although I was surprised in them germinating in only 4 days (maybe that is usual, I don't know).
cheers

fluoros give very little light. They are doing about as well as they would under fluoros.

as far as turning them. right now the leaves have positioned themselves to absorbe maximum light. if you turn them they will absorbe less light. leave them alone.

If you can harden them off slowly then after hardened off real good. Then you can put them outdoors in the daylight and bring in at night. That will blow away any lights. Same for the toms.

If you go to work be careful they might be dead when you get home.

lol smokemaster!

"Nice seatbelt. :)
You got them scared they are going to fall,they are leaning the other way to keep the pot from getting to heavy on the wrong side..."

One thing you could do is pot them with dirt up to their seed leaves, this would help develop more roots off the stem. Other than that they look great =)

Thanks everyone.
I'm looking into building a coldframe for my deck. I'm planting tomatoes and peppers in containers on the deck this year. Could I safely move the pepper plants into a coldframe? Would I have to harden them off in this process other than bringing them in at night for a few days? I'd say our current ave temp are 16/8C (day/night) = 61/46F. The coldframe would hold the 6" pots, there wouldn't be any planting into soil.

thanks

I would at least be watchful over them the first day or two in direct sunlight. Fluorescent lighting is pretty mild compared to sunlight.

You could rig up a piece of cardboard covered with foil and place it behind them. This might well straighten them up a bit.

Pepper Rancher,Hows the Bhut Jungle going?

I turn my plants when they get leggy a little each day so they straighten up.
Once they get straighter I put in a little more soil at a time so they grow roots.
Sometimes a plant will stay bent over if you leave it leaning and it won't ever be able to staned up by itself.
It only takes a plant a short time to adjust to where the lite is comming from and I don't think it ever hurt any of mine.
I only put a little soil in at a time so the plant doesn't dampen off by getting too wet of a stem all at once from the soil.
Works for me anyway.
Your milage may vary... lol