if a seedling is stretched, is it too late?

wazooboo

wazooboo

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If you stretch out a seedling, would planting it deep into the hydro system so that they're appropriate height fix the problem or will they still grow to be crappy plants? I streched out some seedlings and putting them closer to the light stopped it but they're pretty tall now...
 
whodatnation

whodatnation

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Iv had a problem when planting too deep in DWC.
Take care of them and they wont be crappy plants unless you have crapy genetics.
 
wazooboo

wazooboo

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No but they grew too tall for my humidity dome and started bending at 4 days. Either way the stretching stopped so it's good.
 
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Adrik Anonymous

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You could always bury them a depth you know will be safe, and then progressively work them a little deeper over the course of a week. I haven't done anything hydro yet, but I know when I let my little ones stretch to far in my soil grow I was able to fix it by burying it deep-ish then slowly adding soil. Giving it time allowed it to stack up roots up The stem before moving on to The next set. Just a thought, good luck.
 
dtowndabber

dtowndabber

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Yep you can bury them deeper, roots will grow out of the buried stem. Or you can support them with sticks. I stretched my lady and when I transplanted her I used a toothpick for support, dropped the light close and added wind. In a couple days she was straight and strong
 
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Adrik Anonymous

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dtowndabber said:
Yep you can bury them deeper, roots will grow out of the buried stem. Or you can support them with sticks. I stretched my lady and when I transplanted her I used a toothpick for support, dropped the light close and added wind. In a couple days she was straight and strong
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Used a chopstick with a bread tie wrapped around the top and an open U-shape coming off of it so as not to restrict the plant... Worked great lol.
 
whodatnation

whodatnation

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I dont think you need the dome on them if they are that old,,, honestly the only time I use a dome is for clones.
 
wazooboo

wazooboo

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Thanks guys this actually helped i thought the dome was neccessary because my last growing attemped almost killed of all my seedlings and i didn't use a humidity dome. Does anyone know if store bought reverse osmosis water needs cal mag? Idk in the last attempt i thibk i might of seen a magnesium deficiency from comparing to images online but i have no clue.
 
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