Yes you can, especially if they are already leggy.

Dave

Since at least mature peppers don't produce more roots along the stem,
the function of burying them deeper is just providing support, so they
don't topple over. You could tie them up to sticks too, but burying them
deeper is easier. But the pepper has to be very young, before the stem
has had a chance to turn hard (lignified). There are reports of roots
coming out of unlignified stems. Also, the important thing is to keep
the leaves off the ground.

Yes even super leggy. These were Galapagos peppers, they went on to me being able to harvest peppers

Those Peppers You Have There HJK look Like Mine, I Will Go Bury Them Deeper.....

Thanks Guys...

I have three shelves on my DIY built light stand so I am able to segregate seedlings by size. I noticed in habjolokia's photo that new seedlings are mixed with older seedlings in much taller containers. I think if the light can be closer to the seedling because all the pots are the same height and seedlings similar height, you can avoid legginess like that. But it sure is good to know that the plants still turned out well.

Defrost49,

I agree uneven plants would get leggy, these two Galapagos were forgotten as all my seeds sprouted, they were left unattended in a covered mini greenhouse I used to germinate seeds. It was well over 30 days and when I finally went back to clean up some time later I noticed these leggy seedlings. Things were moved around for the pic, I needed the red in the background so the leggyness could be seen better. I do prop things under them and the other plants to raise the height equal to the rest of the plants. I have T12 lights and keep the light an inch or so from the tops of the plants. One day I will get T-8 or T-5 lights. I like your shelf method, one day I will be somewhat more efficient. Right now I work with what I got.

Thanks for clarifying, habjolokia. I almost didn't comment because I didn't want it to come across as being fussy critical. Decided a newbie visiting this thread might not know about distance to light. You made a good point about using props to raise plants. Also, a good point about germination stragglers. Some of the hot peppers take forever so people shouldn't give up. I understand 30+ days is not unheard of. We shouldn't give up too easily and we can always be resourceful.