FIX Long Leggy Seedlings with Complete SUCCESS!! Don't Start Over And Replant....Just Transplant!

Hello, in this video, I'll show you how to rescue long leggy seedlings early so they'll be able to grow productively in your garden later in the season. This will specifically cover tomato, basil, celery and parsley seedlings but this method can be used with practically any vegetable that gets too spindly from low light conditions. You won't have to give up and start over again! I'll also give you my recommendation on the best "gardening" tool to use for this...you may be surprised that it's from the kitchen!

[turkituck]

Well I know how I will be spending my day today (*looks over at 3 trays full of leggy seedlings....)

[Denisewithonei]

This is my first time trying seedlings. I planted the seeds 7 days ago and some are already leggy. This is a very helpful video. Thank you.

[mjk]

Keeping a fan circulating on your seedlings as they emerge would drastically reduce their ability to get "leggy"... Works GREAT!
Happy Gardening! 🌿💕🌿

[rockjockchick]

This was SO useful! Mine always end up leggy and I never knew why. I have so much respect for gardeners and farmers now that I’ve tried a few times. It’s a super skill for sure!

[Ms.Charlene]

Ohhh you just saved me, thank you, doing this tomorrow, help my little babies out

[avstryker]

Always have a fan gently blowing on your seedlings .. the mechanical reaction to the breeze will strengthen the stems and lessen the need to transplant .

[indyw]

An excellent tutorial on how to transplant leggy seedlings safely to avoid damaging their delicate root system. I’ve not seen another video that deals with this problem quite so well and with great video skills. You’ve helped to explain this in the most appropriate way, with clarity. Thank you so much!

[djskate]

This is the perfect video because it explains what to do and what causes it

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[eternalfizzer]

Wow! I'm a clutz with plants - I never would have dared push it in with a chopstick. Thanks for the demo! You may have saved a whole generation of sad seedlings in this house :-D

[NativeNYerChicHK]

I have a metal cuticle scraper for manicures that has what looks like a little shovel/spoon on one end and a bit of a spear on the other. It honestly looks like a mini gardening tool 🤣 It has come in SO handy!!

[elizabethhicks]

This is my first year attempting to start my own seedlings ...so glad I came across your channel

[raychel]

Thank you! I watched a few videos on this subject, but yours was the most helpful. I am so relieved knowing I haven't ruined my seedlings and that I can save them!!

[tweetiebirdism]

When you buried the leggy stem I was 🤯. Why haven’t I ever thought of that?! Thank you!

[doncook]

Wow 70 years young and never thought of this. Been gardening all my life. Many thanks. My seedlings are the epitome of long legged. Most never make it.

[dougbas]

I am 77 yo gardener but still learned from this. Thank you.

[goodmornindreamer]

Just found this video after discovering that my leggy tomato seedlings were all along the soil this morning. This is the first time I've tried to grow tomatoes and am using an indoor greenhouse. I had a feeling they might need to be transplanted but wasn't sure the best way to do it. I'll be trying this method later, thank you so much for the tips!

[awhite]

Well, I’ll give this a try today on my beet seedlings. All my seedlings had gotten leggy in my south facing window ledges but I learned they were lacking light so I put my bedroom lamp right over them AND turned on my ceiling fan as some ‘natural’ wind. Within a couple weeks they started to gain the actual shape of the chard and collards leaves and grew their next level of leaves. They’re growing well now. Will certainly try this on my beet seedlings today. Thanks.

[paulinechapman]

My womanly instinct told me years ago ..this was the best thing to do…glad an expert agrees with me..yes its boring work but people..whats the alternative..happy gardening from Canada..🇨🇦

[Cass-souj]

This was so useful and easy to understand. Also I appreciate you using things around the house bc some of us are just starting out and don’t have all the cool tools

[mjay]

Good tip to fix it after it happens. I've found that increasing light intensity in the first place gives shorter, robust seedlings from the get-go. I just had a bunch of tomato and kale seedlings get leggy and I opted to start over with a 400w MH instead of 2 small T5's. The new seedlings are much shorter, more robust and have grown about 3x faster.