Started tons of plants in a couple greenhouses this year, first time ever starting them myself. The first bunch of beefsteak we planted decided to be freak tomatoes and grow literally three times faster them the rest. Are they getting spindly? I have a fan on for a couple hours every night but they just won't stop growing. Should note these grow lights are diffrent then the rest. Could that have somthing to do with it?
Getting to the point where its hard to give them all adequate lighting
by Contar95
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Yes, those look pretty leggy. The good thing is that with tomatoes, you can just trim the lower leaves and plant them deep (or sideways) and they’ll put out roots along the buried stem. They’re quite forgiving
They will be fine. Try and get the in the ground asap! Have a great season!
They may need bigger pots and sunlight.
You started too early for Canada. But no worries when you up pot them you can bury half the plant in soil. Trim off bottom leaves and the stem roots out.
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This was me last year. Started them way too early, left my plant room around 30 degrees Celsius, and didn’t have enough lighting. Just saw this picture I took April 21.
What I did was I moved them to a cooler room that was about 18-20 degrees instead but with the same lighting. It certainly slowed the speed of growth compared to how fast they shot up. I’m in Southern Alberta so similar frost risks. Ended up planting them May 9th after about two weeks of hardening, which was early but only had one frost scare and in the end I had a huge crop and huge plants.
As others have mentioned, you can bury them deep to deal with the leggy-ness. Good luck!
I’d move them outside during the day if it’s warmer than about 12c and not too windy or raining. If you can keep them above 5c at night you could move them into a greenhouse full time
I know lights are useful early in the season but nothing beats sunlight, and I’m at 56 degrees north and any time from late February has enough sunlight to grow all plants, if you can protect them from the cold wet and wind.
Edit I just checked the weather in Saskatchewan at my latitude lmao I see why you are still growing inside