my stem is lim as spigetti

[liberalpunkmedia]

i have a nice 2 inch stem on the plant im growing but its limp it wont stand up
what did i do wrong and how can i fix it?

[NightProwler]

put a stick in next to it and lean it up like a crutch

[Nochowderforyou]

Sounds to me like it has stretched. That happens mostly when there is a lack of light. How much lighting are you running? Plants stems get weak from lack of strength as well. Do you have a fan blowing on your plant to keep things cool? A fan blowing on the plant not only keeps things at a good temp., it also strengthens the stem for the weight in future.

The thing you can do now is get a small stick, and gently tie the plants stem to it to hold it up.

[BobBong]

Oh man at first i thought this thread was going to need moving to the sexuality forum...

Read up on damping-off ( a seedling fungal disease )

By the sounds of it you're stretching.. when you repot you can bury the stem without bending or breaking it up to the first set of leaves.

Bob.

[flamingskullballs]

oh man, i thought what bob thought

and then i thought there would be a crazy picture of a huge bud tied to spaghetti stem

but i was severerly dissappointed

just put the lights closer to the plant, or get stronger lights

[wesley willis]

mine stretched before i tied them both to straws. today i removed them after placing a fan in my closet for several weeks, as well as put them under more light. they can now stand on their own. what kind of lighting are you using?

[the image reaper]

Oh man at first i thought this thread was going to need moving to the sexuality forum...

Read up on damping-off ( a seedling fungal disease )

By the sounds of it you're stretching.. when you repot you can bury the stem without bending or breaking it up to the first set of leaves.

Bob.

no 'limp' jokes, Bob, hurts us old geezers' feelings ... :D

[BobBong]

no 'limp' jokes, Bob, hurts us old geezers' feelings ... :D

Of course.. you could try grinding some of these up into your water for your seedling?

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[busteruk7]

fpmsl nice
cheers all :D

[good ol daze]

same thing happened to me my 1st time. In my case I think it was a combination of 4 things. 1) Light too far away causing stretching...creating 2) a top-heavy seedling...3) high heat, making the young stem buckle, and 4) a fan finally blowing it over.

I staked it with a matchstick (head removed) and loosely tied it until I saw that it could stand on its own again.

[checkmark9]

Plants stems get weak from lack of strength as well.


i thought that was worth quoting

[checkmark9]

anyone else think it was funny? eh? eh?

[Tom Green Thumb]

Burying the stem is a good suggestion, but remember to plant her in a deeper pot. When the stem is buried, the roots do not utilize the size of the pot efficiently. Just make sure the pot is a couple inch's deeper and all will be well. Good luck!

TGT

[NeuroGheist]

I'm having the same problem with one of my seedlings as well, right now. It's about 3-4 inches tall, and the two begining serrated leaves, have grown faster than I thought they would. The plant has only been growing for about 4 days, and the serrated leaves are already about a half an inch wide, and about an inch long. And are only destined to get longer in the coming days.

And that's just simply after 4 days of growth. From sprout to veg. growth.

So I believe i'm dealing with a top-heavy plant, here. I've taken a bamboo stick, and placed it in my peat pot (making sure not to damage roots), and propped the plant up against it. Furthermore, lightly tied the base of the stem, to the stick.

I plan on transplanting at 3 weeks of growth, unless I absolutely NEED to switch to growth medium and gallon pots right now. And with the looks of this things growth, i'm guessing that just might end up being the case.

I'm hopeing to see better results in a week. Thus assuming this thing decides to stop growing so fuckin' rapidly, lmfao.

The plant itself looks fairly healthy. Not weak or anything.
It's just tipping, and the top of it is growing faster than expected.