Leggy/droopy seedlings

Hello,
This is my first journey to growing. Im using an indoor grow box. I have some white widow autoflower. So i have 3 that i let germinate and didn’t start lighting until a few days after it popped out of the pod. This is why it is leggy. The 4th one has had light on it since day 1 and looks really nice! . Can i still fix these? Its like day 5 of vegetation. Like i said, they went without light for about a week after they germinated. :clown_face: i know rookie move. Recover or re plant new seeds?




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Just support it anyway you can.
A toilet paper or paper towel roll or a small Styrofoam cup with bottom cut out may fit good around the net pot.
Sometimes i use these like this and then i fill them with perlite, but hydroton could work.
Is the grow box hydroponic or will it be planted into soil or something?

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It is a hydroponic so i plan on letting them stay in there. Its pre built so pretty much plug and play. I do have some paper towel rolls i can cut.

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Can you either lower the light, or increase its intensity? That will help with the stretch

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6" fan will create a little air flow to help strength stem. (Enough air for a jiggle )

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For now the best you can do is give it a brace ( a twig and bread tie could work) along with 12 dli of light good luck

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Transfer them to a bigger pot and put most of the stem under the soil and then put them under a light and have ur light on 40-50%

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@Wealthyman I agree with @Aussie_autos , normally you just bury those leggy ladies up to their necks at transplant but since your growing in potato :potato: rocks :rock: I’d say build some scaffolding lol until they get stalks on them. You’ll and they will get through this and your wealth will be a homegrown treasure!!

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@Wealthyman Just keep rotate couple times a day will stop the stretch

Tatar rocks :rofl:
I’ll never seen these the same again :sweat_smile:

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