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heidi_rivera26

veggie seedlings are growing too tall too fast

8 years ago

I am using a germination mat for our veggie seeds in an old fish aquarium to keep the heat more even due to old windows and it being a tad cooler on that side of the kitchen with bank of windows. My Tomatillos seem to be very skinny and tall and worry they are not thick enough in the base to support the plant. I am also having problems with my cauliflower doing the same. my pickling cucmbers are doing well just not such a good germination rate compared to how many seeds I planted. Any advise to give?

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  • 8 years ago

    I planted tomatillo seeds for the first time this year. My seedlings looked normal (not leggy), but as they started to grow more they grew tall and stalk-like. When I google pictures of young tomatillo plants, that appears to be normal (relative to regular tomato plants, that is).

    Of course, if your other plants are looking leggy, that's surely a sign of not enough light. It doesn't take any fancy grow light. Even regular room bulbs (5000k color temp) work fine. I've got my seedlings under 3 desk lamps with standard-size 100w-equiv LED bulbs in them, and it seems to be sufficient. (2 tomatillo plants top-center.)

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