3 Ways To Fix Leggy Seedlings - Garden Quickie Episode 125

No One Like Leggy Seedlings! But it can happen to the best of us, and while prevention is the best way to handle this yearly dilemma, there are things you can do after the fact to actually FIX seedlings that have grown too tall, too fast.

In today's Quickie, I arm you with 3 tips to help you fix your leggy seedling situation and get your early garden endeavors back on track. Its a Quickie, so watch it twice! :-)

2023 is the Year of the Garden! We deserve it after the last little while, and growing our own food and self sufficiency is just the reward we need to get back on track!

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[TheRipeTomatoFarms]

If you're just starting out gardening in 2023, please check out my Amazon Affiliate links below to get the right tools for the job! It doesn't cost you a cent, but this channel receives a small incentive for any items purchase through Amazon. Happy Gardening!

Seedling Trays!


pH/Water/Light Meter


Composting Tumbler!


Handy 12-piece Garden Tool Set!:


Hand Pruners:


Watering Can:


Spray Gun:


Gardening Gloves:

[valenzsa]

Thank you! I usually do #3 option. Re-planting them deeper to a new location does the trick for me.

[fayekeller]

Oh I'm itching to get started now! I have so many seeds..looking forward to 2023 garden adventures! Thank you Jeff again for the garden quickie videos! Please know you're making a difference in a lot of beginning gardener's and some of us old timers too!

[PirataSports]

Do you have a requested videos list? If so, the world needs a definitive parsnip video - I’ve sat through hours of drivel to find out that you should water them well, but avoid watering them, they need lots of sun to germinate but you should cover them as they require ‘darkness’, they should be in loose sandy soil but use a quality compost with plenty of plant matter, the seeds should be barely covered but sow to 15mm, and you can and can’t grow them in containers. Can I just say how much I’ve appreciated your videos on cucumbers, capsicum, garden beds etc. As for the parsnip, I’m going with the packet.

[freebinnh]

The trouble with the leggy seedlings is too much blue light and not enough red light in your plant lights. If you use T5 fixtures, just add some red light tubes to the fixtures. Red light is for flowering and also slows the growing of the green vegetation.

[sandyhayden-bristow]

Excellent information and great solutions. I have avoided starting seedlings for these reasons but with this new knowledge, I am going to give it a go.

[Elizabeth-ygmg]

Helpful, thanks. I'm growing my first seeds ever and kept them on the heat mat under a dome for too long. Live and learn!

[catarina]

I love how Jeff ALWAYS has the video I need when I need it!!!!

[coolbananaboy]

This video is a mini-work of art. WOW, great video, thanks.

[AlexasGarden]

Hello, nice to meet you! Great tips! I like it! I want to see the harvest of these tomatoes grown from cuttings!

[silverlining_]

Needed this video. Thanks! Your videos are very helpful

[zilvercederbom]

Putting these in my "crafts" playlist, so I can memorize these snippets of knowledge. :3

[melindaroth]

THANK YOU JEFF. I'M WATCHING EACH OF YOUR VIDEOS ON HOW DEEP YOU PLANT EACH SEED. HUBBY GOT PAPER CUPS SO PRAYERFULLY WE WILL GET PRODUCTION THIS YEAR. I'LL LET YOU KNOW HOW IT GOES. I STILL DON'T KNOW OUR LAST FROST DATE IN SE TEXAS. FATHER GOD BLESS YOU JEFF IN JESUS NAME 🙏 🙌 ❤

[TwistedRootsVanVelzerPress]

I appreciate your not babbling on to get the youtube algorithm thing - but quickies are still too quick for me :) LOL I like a fully focused bit - am trying cilantro now .... thanks for sharing and thanks for not babbling just to stretch out view time like so many others

[annwithoutane]

Hi Jeff - do you recommend top pruning bell pepper plants? Thanks!

[michaelmarchione]

So, can you also top off peppers and eggplants like the tomatoes? Also can you replant peppers and eggplant like tomatoes when they are seedlings? Enjoyed, take care!

[covahsmusicvault]

Hey Jeff, I've some tomato seeds wanting to become plants so I appreciate this video. I'm still seed saving & have a couple queries.
1} On the dark & dark ring seeds of my peppers as well as tomato seeds....Are these dark seeds viable or do I toss them out?
2} Also, with my Jalapeno seeds...do we save them from the red or more fresh green peppers?? I'm currently taking them from the dried red pods.
You're my go-to gardener. (: All together, I've about 4, 000 seeds and want to share them w/new gardeners. Don't want to give them seeds that are dead...so thank you for replying these Qs in advance. Have a brilliant weekend, ~ Covah

[WilliamWonka]

Hey Jeff, it’s been fairly warm in Upstate New York recently. I didn’t cover my strawberries and Im just crossing my figures they survived. Im thinking about starting a few trays indoors to move outside into some flower bed space. Would it be too early to do so?

Thanks, love your stuff.

Geoff

[gk]

To replant them tomato seedlings deeper can you use the same seedlings soil 🤷🙏🇨🇦

[lilyh]

How about leggy beans not only tomatoes?