![]() What I just said about planting lettuce goes for cabbage and broccoli too. Adding small amounts of water to a shallow tray or container can help young plants get the moisture they need from the bottom up. It’s pretty easy to set yourself a reminder on your phone to do a daily seed moisture check. The first step is to support the tomato seedlings and stop them from flopping over. Follow these easy steps if you have leggy tomato seedlings to correct this problem before it gets too far. This is a head of Black Seeded Simpson lettuce. Add some moisture If your soil lacks quality or moisture, try simply watering more often. Tomato seedlings can be fixed through a few easy steps if this problem is caught early. Transplanting sets it back a bit, but in the end is a good thing because it spreads out the harvest. Lettuce that is started from seed in the garden can also be transplanted to a row with plants a foot apart. ![]() Your lettuce will have good body and flavor. Now these plants with room to grow will produce a nice large head. ![]() When the seedlings are about an inch tall thin so you have one plant every foot in the row. Plant 4 seeds in a spot each foot in a row. A few exceptions are peppers, eggplant and tomatoes. They get leggy, then the trans plant shock about kills them and by the time they get their breath, seed started directly in the garden will be way ahead. It is a lesson in futility to start lots of common garden crops in pots. Most garden crops are best seeded directly in the garden where they will grow. And if you’re a tomato-growing fanatic who also starts their seeds Well, I’m pretty sure there’s a support group for us. We’re even crazier than tomato-growing fanatics. Seedlings get lanky because they do not get enough light. Leggy Seedlings: How To Prevent & Fix Long & Floppy Seedlings By: Tracey Besemer Apshares People who start their plants from seed are some of the craziest gardeners. Lettuce is tough, it can take cool temps in fact it prefers cool temps. I'm waiting for the soil to dry up more than the temperatures to warm at the moment. Soon now (within a week or so) I will put out my lettuce, onions, plant my peas and those hardy things that can take a bit of frost. so only a few of my seedlings are outside all day yet and pulled in at night. ![]() I'm in a zone 2.still freezing at nights here and only up to 50ish in the daytimes. (going slowly so they are protected in shade for the first wee bit and moved into the sun gradually over a few days) I would think in California you could have your seedlings outside during the day by now? If it's up to 50 or above your seedlings will get strong with the sun and wind on them. The sooner you can catch it, the better so your current batch can transition from seedling to mature cucumbers in a single growing season. I also use this same light mix for my containers and I save the container soil over the winter, rotate it to different plants each year and reuse it. The good news is that you can fix leggy cucumber seedlings that are starting to fall over. I know nothing about 'planting out time' in California but I use what is called 'Pro Mix' for my seedlings. ![]()
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