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Leggy tomato seedlings

CompostmaniaCompostmania Posts: 31
in Fruit & veg
Good evening gardeners.
I had a bit of a senior moment and forgot to check my tomato seeds yesterday which were being kept in the airing cupboard. Ive checked today and they've all sprouted and are now a leggy 6-7cm high. Have I lost them or can I recover the situation? Thanks
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  • clarke.bruntclarke.brunt Posts: 215
    Leggyness isn't a fatal condition, though might make more susceptible to rotting in the short term. Give as much light as possible, less heat, and then don't worry for a bit. It doesn't matter if they fall over - they'll bend upwards after going sideways. When it comes to potting on, you can bury some of the stem (tomatoes are happy to grow roots from buried stem), but you don't have to bury it, and I wouldn't mess about trying to do it at this stage - fiddling with them just likely to damage and kill them. If they survive to grow into proper tomatoes, that leggy bit of stem will end up being the usual tomato 'tree trunk'.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Have you got any seeds left to sow now? You might have peaked a little early.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    They need light as much as heat.
    If it were me, I would start again, but you must give them light.
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  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Have never tried the airing cupboard, usually full of airing,mine are in s North facing kitchen window, turned 3 times a day,the go leggy,keel over,then perk up,now ready for potting on
  • CompostmaniaCompostmania Posts: 31
    Fortunately I have a freebie packet from this months magazine  :)
    I only meant to keep them in the airing cupboard until they had germinated  :# I've learnt my lesson....
    I could agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong...
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