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The one that didn't grow is on me, I had two seeds in one tray because I'm sometimes unobservant!
They're really stretched! Make sure they get a lot of bright light. The ones that have flopped over might need some support. You can bury their long stems in some more dirt
Good work getting them to sprout! Home grown tomatoes are amazing
THEY GREW SO FAST! It's only been a few days. I'm worried I'll have to plant them in deeper pots, that's as much dirt as I can give them in those. Also everyone was talking about how some of their seeds didn't sprout, so I wasn't expecting them all to grow so vigorously lol!
I'd stick a bright light directly above them, to keep them from getting too leggy.
Right now their little stems are delicate. Let them strengthen up a bit, and when you transplant them, you'll have more stem to bury, and send out roots.
Firstly I'd like to apologize for being critical first, I just saw you so excited and didn't want you to get let down.
You can make collars out of paper (or whatever you have handy) and then center the seedling in it and fill with dirt. You'll want to try to take up almost all of the stalk, so they may need to be different heights for each seedling
And any extra light will be beneficial, even just a desk lamp set as close as you can overhead without burning them, usually 3-4 inches is good
And they do grow fast, and especially long and spindly when they're reaching for light
Good luck!
Oh, we have lots of computer paper! I can make them then. Also that room has two windows on two different walls and the overhead light. I could put the overhead light on all day if that would help them! Normally they'd be in a room with even more light, but that room has little in the way of warmth right now (almost outside temps) so it felt unsafe!
It's not so much the light, it's that it's far away, and the plants are trying to reach it. Put a light directly above them, and they won't have to stretch. Putting them in a very sunny window is good, too, as long as they don't get burned. The sun puts out enough of the right kind of light that they don't have to stretch for it.
I always grow my vegetables on the windowsill. If you have two windows to choose from, pay attention to which direction they face. South-facing windows are best, west and east are also okay, but you should avoid north-facing windows, as they don't get much sunlight.
No north windows in that room! South and West there. I can shove them closer to the south window!
Wow, they really don't want to get this water boiler back!
Everytime it happens it grows by 1%
Luckily we don't want to give it back! It's working great for years!