Weak stem...plant falling over and my seedling in dome looks stretchyyy ? Thoughts?

Hi all,

Well let me say .. my first grow and it aint easy..started with 6 seeds...4 grew. 1 died last week.
Now i have 2 left
one is healthy and one is half the size and has a very week stem.. seems like its twisting at the bottem.. I have had a fan on it the whole time.. Any way to remedy it? or should i just stake it and leave her be?

Also I started one more seedling in a new dome i bought, The stem is soooo long ! its sitting by a window sil in a dome... Is it ok ? should i put it in soil and throw it under a light or wait until the leaves get bigger?

pack some soil at the base of it ,i had the same problem but its fine now ,leave the fan off unless you have a heat/air circulation problem. either stake it up or tie it up. i never used a fan my entire grow and yeah my stems are pretty skinny but as long as nothing disturbs them they are fine. For the seedling u definitely want to get it under a light and keep the light as close as possible but without being too hot.
BTW sorry if this doesnt make sense im reaaaaaaaaaal high right now

What are you using for lighting? You can replant the leggy seedling up to the cotyledons.

cannabis love said:

What are you using for lighting? You can replant the leggy seedling up to the cotyledons.

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CFL for my mature plants and I had the seedling dome next to a south facing window.

Should i wait until the bigger leaves show or throw it under a light now ? so i can pack soil all the way up the leggy seedling, good to know !

repot and plant up to the cotyledons then only water around the edge of the pot for a few waterings as to not get the stem under the new soil soaked. you will get new roots up to the soil mark.

Knowurhyphae said:

repot and plant up to the cotyledons then only water around the edge of the pot for a few waterings as to not get the stem under the new soil soaked. you will get new roots up to the soil mark.

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Thanks! ill try that

your seedling needs light pretty badly. As above posters mentioned, just replant that stem. If you continue to use an oscillating fan on your plants (and I believe you should) your plant will probably harden pretty well by week 6. Otherwise be prepared to stake your plant in flower because it won't have the strength to hold itself up.

Temps should be round 70 in dome ,U dont need a mat unless its below 70. And if its full of soaked pods u def dont need more water on bottom. If dome looks dry add some but u dont need a rainforest either. Once they sprout first serrated leave dome off then slowly introduce the fan. Def need the breeze.just to gently rock the seedling.

Put that thing under a proper light. Get it close to the light. The light being way too high is the reason why is stretched like that.

I imagine it died or he smoked it a long time ago.. RIP seedling.

coreywebster said:

I imagine it died or he smoked it a long time ago.. RIP seedling.

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Holy shit. Yeah. I didn’t notice the date on the original post. Why the hell was such an old threat resurrected lol.

Skoal said:

Holy shit. Yeah. I didn’t notice the date on the original post. Why the hell was such an old threat resurrected lol.

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lol I know I was going to comment myself then looked at the date.. No idea why the dude above you searched for this thread..
I mean we always say to folks use the search bar but he searched without having a question, just some input on an old old thread!