please check my seedlings

[jnunez918]

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1st pic are peppers, are the stems too long, it that called leggy?
2nd pic in center are tomatillos, their pretty much dead, does it look like damping off?

thanks

[hendi_alex]

Lights must be within at least two inches of plants, so that the plants don't 'reach' for the light. When the light is closer, the plants will grow more leafy, green, and stocky. Incandescent bulbs obviously can't be put that close as the heat will damage the plants. Most growers use CFs or florescent tubes. Most of your plants are beyond help, but the shorter ones can probably still do o.k. if you will move the light down, and also bury the stems deeper when transplanting.

[rainbowgardener]

Agreed, extremely leggy and pale. Not quite sure if the bottom picture ones are damped off (possibly) or just so leggy and spindly they can't support themselves. But I agree with hendi, they aren't worth trying to save. Seeds are cheap and those can't be very old seedlings.

Yes, fluorescent tubes 2" above the plants (on chains so they can be raised as the plants grow) on 16 hrs a day.


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(that's just for illustration, it's a picture from last year, my plants aren't quite that far along yet, though closing in on it. But the picture was from 3-16. I started my tomatoes a little earlier last year.)

[jnunez918]

but I agree with hendi, they aren't worth trying to save. Seeds are cheap and those can't be very old seedlings.
.)

So question, if it could possibly be damping off that means they got a fungus, right? Should I pitch the soil into the back yard?

[rainbowgardener]

If they are damped off, which I only said was possible, it is a fungal condition. Your soil could probably be re-used if you just let it dry out thoroughly first. The fungus only lives in moist conditions.

[GardenRN]

Something to keep in mind, if moving your lights down low is a hassle for you, you can always move the plants up. Stack old books or something under the pots, even turn a pot upside-down and use it as a plant stand for the time being. It's usually easier for me to do this than to lower the lights.

Just something to keep in mind.

[Ruffsta]

you can still save the peppers! just get deep pots and plant them about half way. trust me I have done it in the past and they still grew just fine and strong.

[jnunez918]

Yea since I can't move the kitchen table maybe I will stack a box. I changed the dining room hanging fixture to grow lights lol. I'm gonna try up potting the peppers, they have always seemed very resilient.