Adding soil to top layer of seedling??

Could this cause problems.. On one plant I thought was going to stretch too much and become weak, so I added another inch or so of soil which covered up already grown stem too add support.... Could this cause lack of oxygen to the stem and roots? Would this stunt growth? Could this cause any other problems? It was like this for about a week.


ps: I now removed a ton of topsoil and saw that the stem has actually grown a lot, and strong.. and it was pointless to add the extra soil. But am still wondering if this was a bad idea, and could have cause problems.

You should be fine...as amatter of fact...That is a good way to go when you see a elongated stem....Bury it deeper and get good light at the right distance from the tops.

It wont hurt your grow.

cause the root is super super purp. I heard that could possibly be from oxygen deprivation. But it is still really young, little over a week.

stem on one of my plants is super purp. I have a couple going from different bag seeds. So they are all different strains. But the one I am having problems with has a really purp stem. I didn't want to dig far enough to the roots. I dug out a little dirt since the stem is a lot more stable now (been a week or so) and hopefully it gets better.

Purple stems are usually a sign of cold root zones or poorly aerated root zones. What kind of medium are you using? And is whatever your plants are sitting colder or warmer than the air temp?

you're fine. the buried stem will thicken up and shoot roots out the sides. i often intentionally stretch my seedlings just so i can bury the stem and have a nice deep root structure.

I am in a soil medium, and the temp on avg is about 7-13 degrees F above air temp in the room.

Using anything to aerate your soil, like perlite? I don't think the purple stem is really anything to be worried about tho.

I didn't add anything and trusted the soil, which I know think was pretty foolish. Once I transplant I am going to use perlite without a doubt.

As fdd has already said its fine and is actually a good idea.
I always pot mine back down if they stretch to much