seeds Seedlings getting tall

[MoWhiskey]

My seedlings are very lanky/tall and some are falling over-having to prop up. What do I need to do????

 

[Niclassj]

Maybe cut them down a bit and give them some more light/sun

 

[megahot]

Bury the stems with soil and make sure the lights are very close to your seedlings

 

[Hathron]

Make sure you have a fan on them also

 

[MoWhiskey]

Make sure you have a fan on them also

 Want that just blow them over??

 

[heatofmiami]

Want that just blow them over??

your plant needs wind to help build the stem nice a strong to support all those peppers you want

 

[chsy83]

 Want that just blow them over??

 
Not if you bury them up to the cotyledons.  And what heatofmiami said.  Oscillation of the herbaceous stem helps to produce more secondary cell walls.

 

[MoWhiskey]

your plant needs wind to help build the stem nice a strong to support all those peppers you want

 

 
Not if you bury them up to the cotyledons.  And what heatofmiami said.  Oscillation of the herbaceous stem helps to produce more secondary cell walls.

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Should I have planted them deeper??

 

[heatofmiami]

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definetly.. I dont think it should be a problem if you put them deeper now.

 

[KingLeerUK]

Some variants are just naturally lanky/leggy.
 
I planted Kung Pao chilis this year and they are super-leggy even when grown alongside several other varieties and given the exact same care and lighting.
 

 
The Kung Paos (several mixed in on the top tier, right-hand side) look like tall sticks compared to everything else.
 

 

[Threehundredc]

yea like he has set up ^get a starting station going they stretch to far to find the sun when there brand new seedlings  get a nice thick short stem going let it grow out not up by keeping a florescent or other non heat light right next to the plant  then after a few weeks in the light they will be able to go out in the dirt where u can bury them down a little bit then they will strengthen up in the new bigger container

 

[MoWhiskey]

All mine are outside in a shade house.
Do I need to cut the sunlight?
Do I need to move them inside?

 

[Threehundredc]

need MORE SUN   they are stretching searching for the good light

 

[TOAW]

All mine are outside in a shade house.
Do I need to cut the sunlight?
Do I need to move them inside?

Just the opposite. Gradually harden them off by starting with short periods of direct sun light than slowly increasing the time in the sun.

 

[Threehundredc]

but when they are JUST poppin out as seedlings  your best bet now is topping

 

[TOAW]

A gradual increase in the sun now will let them build up a "sun tan" and prevent sun damage and give them the light they are craving. Like those of us in the north need to build up a tan in the spring to keep from burning.

 

[MoWhiskey]

but when they are JUST poppin out as seedlings  your best bet now is topping

 
Now I'm getting more cornfused  .....What do you mean by topping???

 

[chsy83]

Some variants are just naturally lanky/leggy.
 
I planted Kung Pao chilis this year and they are super-leggy even when grown alongside several other varieties and given the exact same care and lighting.
 

 
The Kung Paos (several mixed in on the top tier, right-hand side) look like tall sticks compared to everything else.
 

 
KingLeerUK makes a good point, what varieties are these, MoHwhiskey?

 
Now I'm getting more cornfused  .....What do you mean by topping???

 
IDK about topping this early . . .

 

[MoWhiskey]

 
KingLeerUK makes a good point, what varieties are these, MoHwhiskey? Reaper,Butch T,Ghost,Taz. Habanero

 
IDK about topping this early . . .OK what does IDK mean....

 

[chsy83]

 

 
KingLeerUK makes a good point, what varieties are these, MoHwhiskey? Reaper,Butch T,Ghost,Taz. Habanero

 
IDK about topping this early . . .OK what does IDK mean....

 

I don't know
But, yeah, those varieties shouldn't be that lanky . . . with the possible exception of the Taz hab.