What do i do when the pepper plants are leggy ? Should i bury them to the cotelydons when transplanting ?
by Ancacto
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cheesebot555
Don’t bury them.
Tomatoes can grow roots from their stems, but peppers absolutely cannot.
Get adequate airflow, light, and temperature going.
Lighting might be the biggest culprit. Move it closer and more of it.
Mr_Flibbles_ESQ
I always bury them, yeah.
Won’t do any harm and will help give them some stability.
People say it doesn’t make a difference, but some of my best plants started off leggy – So 🤷🏻
Historical-Photo7125
I buried several of mine all the way up to the leaves and they are currently looking like some of my best plants now. I don’t know anything about gardening though.
Undeadtech
They need more light or the lights closer to them. At this stage you can bury them while the stems are soft and they will grow roots like a tomato. They aren’t as good at this process as tomatoes because they grow slowly and once the stems harden as they grow they won’t grow new roots like that anymore and will only grow roots normally.
You also want to up pot these if you haven’t already.
Big-Beat-1443
move the light closer or turn up the lumens. Also, make sure to have a fan blow on them every so often
Deimos_F
Burying works for tomatoes but not for peppers.
Also: these are not leggy, they’re fine.
wordstrappedinmyhead
Yes, you can absolutely bury pepper seedlings that are leggy. Do it early though, before the stem starts to darken & harden.
One trick I’ve learned that works, so you don’t have to disturb new seedlings in the cells, is to use a few inches of either toilet paper or paper towel tube placed in the cell to act as a sort of wall. It’ll allow you to add dirt as needed to bury the stem.
Few-Frosting5223
I’d put more soil in the ones that you can see a little pink on the bottom of the stem but other than that they look fine to me. Give them more light if you feel they look leggy, thats all you can do imo
LettuceOpening9446
Move them a bit closer to the sun. Jokes aside, it usually means theyvare stretching towards the light.
Zealousideal_Bear585
Had the same scenario not too long ago, if you move the light closer to the plants and add a light breeze from a fan they should thicken up (from my experience)
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Don’t bury them.
Tomatoes can grow roots from their stems, but peppers absolutely cannot.
Get adequate airflow, light, and temperature going.
Lighting might be the biggest culprit. Move it closer and more of it.
I always bury them, yeah.
Won’t do any harm and will help give them some stability.
People say it doesn’t make a difference, but some of my best plants started off leggy – So 🤷🏻
I buried several of mine all the way up to the leaves and they are currently looking like some of my best plants now. I don’t know anything about gardening though.
They need more light or the lights closer to them. At this stage you can bury them while the stems are soft and they will grow roots like a tomato. They aren’t as good at this process as tomatoes because they grow slowly and once the stems harden as they grow they won’t grow new roots like that anymore and will only grow roots normally.
You also want to up pot these if you haven’t already.
move the light closer or turn up the lumens. Also, make sure to have a fan blow on them every so often
Burying works for tomatoes but not for peppers.
Also: these are not leggy, they’re fine.
Yes, you can absolutely bury pepper seedlings that are leggy. Do it early though, before the stem starts to darken & harden.
One trick I’ve learned that works, so you don’t have to disturb new seedlings in the cells, is to use a few inches of either toilet paper or paper towel tube placed in the cell to act as a sort of wall. It’ll allow you to add dirt as needed to bury the stem.
I’d put more soil in the ones that you can see a little pink on the bottom of the stem but other than that they look fine to me. Give them more light if you feel they look leggy, thats all you can do imo
Move them a bit closer to the sun. Jokes aside, it usually means theyvare stretching towards the light.
Had the same scenario not too long ago, if you move the light closer to the plants and add a light breeze from a fan they should thicken up (from my experience)