DudeThtsBad:
My guess is that you never "hardened off" your plants prior to putting them outside. Also, I would recommend a fan in your grow setup also. It not only helps to "harden" the plants while inside in your grow setup, but it also helps with fungus and pests indoors. Your plants also look very "leggy" as another poster pointed out and that could be from too little light or having the grow lights too high above the plants. When you get plants like that, it is usually a good idea to plant them deeper when you transplant them. In your case, you could have planted yours at least an inch deeper than they were while in pots. That would have helped a bit with them being weak stemmed. As pointed out, I would go with much larger stakes to start with so you dont have to keep upgrading later. The bamboo stakes are about three feet tall. I just picked up a pack of about 9 or 10 from Walmart and they were only two or three bucks. If your plants are pretty strong, you probably wont need anything more than that unless your plants get very heavy with pods. If not, you may need to go with something sturdier and longer. Remember, the stake has to go into the ground also. A good foot of the stake is under ground for larger stakes. you could also employ tomato cages when your plants are bigger. They are more expensive however.
My guess is that you never "hardened off" your plants prior to putting them outside. Also, I would recommend a fan in your grow setup also. It not only helps to "harden" the plants while inside in your grow setup, but it also helps with fungus and pests indoors. Your plants also look very "leggy" as another poster pointed out and that could be from too little light or having the grow lights too high above the plants. When you get plants like that, it is usually a good idea to plant them deeper when you transplant them. In your case, you could have planted yours at least an inch deeper than they were while in pots. That would have helped a bit with them being weak stemmed. As pointed out, I would go with much larger stakes to start with so you dont have to keep upgrading later. The bamboo stakes are about three feet tall. I just picked up a pack of about 9 or 10 from Walmart and they were only two or three bucks. If your plants are pretty strong, you probably wont need anything more than that unless your plants get very heavy with pods. If not, you may need to go with something sturdier and longer. Remember, the stake has to go into the ground also. A good foot of the stake is under ground for larger stakes. you could also employ tomato cages when your plants are bigger. They are more expensive however.
