Nice chubby seedlings. They usually re-pot when the 4 or 5 leaves appear.

Thanks Marica :)

Hello Gill.... thanks for pointing out the reason... is there any solution to halt this etiolation?? Or it's too late??

Thanks for your reference of my countrymates... I'll do the needful to get help from them.

Lal

Solution is to give them more light, and repot the largest ones into individual pots setting them higher up as I said. This won't cure the long internodes/spaces between the leaves that are already there, but their future leaves should be more compact, hopefully. Don't place in full direct sun immediately, as I guess yours is stronger than my so called UK sunshine, lol....just move them to a much better light source gradually over a few days. If you decide to wait till you get some more ingredients info from your fellow country folk before you repot, just go ahead with the move to a better lit situation, the repot will be fine left for a week or so. Ask agin if you need more info, we like to help :-)

Gill

Hello, coco peat alone in this season is not good, will retain a lot of water, best mix it with some. vermicompost, sand, and perlite... Coco husks are better than the peat as they let in more air

Shimoleedi...Thank you for you advice.. true but main problem is I happened to sow the seeds too deep. The seedlings now becomes lanky and etiolation happens.

Now worried for transplantation of seedings. Will transplant plants stem fatten up or still elongated??

Are you in the Capital region or somewhere else??

Regards,

Lal

If they are more than 2 months old and have more than 6 leaves, snip off the tops, a tiny bit, let it dry a day and leave them out in rains...bound to give u sime good fatteneing and some branching .. Use some liquid fert. mild dose weekly ... Early on they can grow fat fast;) best of luck!