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Re: Long, leggy seedlings

it sounds as though they need more light. are you fertilizing them?  i work
at a greenhouse and our seedlings (after being transplanted into 606 flats,
get fertilized every day.     chris
-----Original Message-----
From: nhamby <nhamby@interport.net>
To: seeds-list@eskimo.com <seeds-list@eskimo.com>
Date: Friday, April 24, 1998 1:33 PM
Subject: Long, leggy seedlings


>Hi folks-
>I have been gardening for a few years now ever since I found a NYC
>apartment with a terrace(!) So far, surviving the past winters, I have
>clematis, honeysuckle, a climbing rose bush, a bunch of herbs, perrenials,
>a small japanese maple, Boston Ivy, Virginia Creeper (I'm into making the
>most out of my vertical space! I also have flowering plants like morning
>glorys (whose seeds I collect in the winter) and cosmos that keep coming
>back! I have become quite obsessed with this wonderfully theraputic hobby,
>but I still have LOTS to learn.
>
>This year I have begun trying to propagate flower seeds indoors.
>I am using those plastic seed trays with plastic covers and a seed starting
>growing mixture (I guess basically peat moss.) I transplanted the seedlings
>into smaller soil filled pots, once they got to be large enough and now it
>seems that they all still have only their first set of leaves at the end of
>a very long, leggy stem. Another batch that I set outside to see whether
>more natural light would improve growth has simply gotten drowned in the
>rain! My seedlings right on a north facing window (all I've got) and I have
>2 of those plant light bulbs about 1 1/2  feet above for around 12 hours a
>day.
>Any ideas why my seedings are having such awkward growth spurt?
>Are they not getting enough real light once they germinate?
>
>Is it a question of using a specific plant food to encourage new leaf
growth?
>Thanks for your help in advance, and I look foward to sharing info with
>everyone!
>
>-Naomi
>
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