So this is my first time growing any type of peppers. I have cayennes, bells, bananas, and jalapeños. All are doing well except the jalapeños. I planted them all on 3/5/2025 and they sprouted about a week and a half later using a heat mat. Once sprouted, I removed the dome and put them under light about 13 hours per day on a timer in an 80 degree room that has a fan blowing on them softly. Any tips on what to do next and how to keep the jalapeños from being leggy and leaning.
The first photo is of the plants now and the second is of all my plants at once, the top planter is the peppers
Thanks!
by Subject_Act_5750
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Almost all of those are looking pretty leggy, to be honest. My guess would be that the light hasn’t been strong enough.
You can bury pepper seedlings a little bit when you repot them. Not as deeply as tomatoes, but a bit. I would try to up-pot the best specimens here, getting a bit of the stem below the soil to stabilize them a little, and then work on making sure they’re getting enough light (plus the fan).
Need More Light
Give them a breeze, like an oscillating fan, but be careful – they won’t be able to take much right away.
More light, more water, water fr below, maybe a humidity
what light have you had on them? As stated already, it’s definitely not strong enough or close enough… Use photone with a bit of printer paper as a diffuser to find the right amount of light they need. Hopefully, you can salvage the strongest ones when you re pot them. Dont stop using the fan either, very important to try to strengthen them leggy gals. Good luck 🌱
Just start over now. You’ll have better success starting new seeds than trying to limp these along
Time for your second time! Gl! Use much more light.