plants are thin and cant hold themselfs

[logan486]

My plants are so thin and weak they cant hold them selfs up. They are falling over but still growing. What can I do? Any help out there??

 

[texashustle]

Pics? Mine have never had this problem but some people put a stick or dowel rod down and use some twine to hold the plant up to the stick.

 

[cruzer101]

Sounds to me like they dont have enough light. I dont know how old they are but if they are small then the best thing to do is repot them and bury the stem deeper. Roots will grow out the side of the stem you buried and the plant will be more stable. get your lights closer.

 

[howhighru]

My plants are so thin and weak they cant hold them selfs up. They are falling over but still growing. What can I do? Any help out there??

if u dont have a fan blowing on the all the time doesnt help strengthn the stem. ive never had that prob cuz i have a fan blowing on them 24 hrs a day..

 

[doc111]

My plants are so thin and weak they cant hold them selfs up. They are falling over but still growing. What can I do? Any help out there??

Tie them up. Use some sort of stick or trellis netting to prop them up. Use an oscillating fan blowing on them to strengthen up the stems.

 

[logan486]

I have tried that not all of them are growing straight some are fine. But one even fell over and now is growing in a 360 degree loop wtf?? but the leafs are still growing well.. there only at about a week??

 

[doc111]

I have tried that not all of them are growing straight some are fine. But one even fell over and now is growing in a 360 degree loop wtf?? but the leafs are still growing well.. there only at about a week??

They are a week old from seed? If so just prop them up with something until they are strong enough to support themselves.

 

[SmokeyMcChokey]

hahaha keep the fuckin loop take a picture of it and put the caption "ain't life loopy?"

 

[logan486]

lmao good call, can I keep groing it? or will it grow weird?? Im using 5 18" aqua culture lights all 75 watts could this be why??

 

[logan486]

well id say about two weeks and about 8 inches high Ive got a few of them and there all growing weird except 2 out of 5

 

[doc111]

well id say about two weeks and about 8 inches high Ive got a few of them and there all growing weird except 2 out of 5

That's pretty stretched. You probably need more light or get what you have closer w/o burning them.

 

[pokesalotasmot]

You need more lights, dude. Ditch those aquarium lights and get some cfls in the 6500k range if you are serious about growing. Also do your homework first and read up on what you need to do to grow BEFORE you start the seedlings. GL

 

[logan486]

alright thankyou hopefully I can salvage them

 

[cruzer101]

gee, good idea.

 

[plantz]

You NEED better stronger lights that are closer to the plants and you needa tie em up. You can find easy shit like this by reading the millions of other posts asking the same thing. Dont be lazy