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My cauliflower and sprout plants germinated last weekend but have gone very leggy, really thin stems and are falling over the sides of their tray, is this normal?? they are in a warm room upstairs but the temp is between 50 and 60 degrees most of the time, do I need to pot them on???  ;D

same here mine are in a cold green house were doing well till that cold spell broad beans doing well

Many brasica go all floppy and bend over some it may be normal.

But they are pretty hardy and dont need a lot of heat so give them as much light as you can and keep them cool. I am popping mine out into coldframes now in the day to harden off.

HTH

Jerry

I thought Id post a pic of these leggy seedlings as im not sure what to do with them next! do I try and pot them on???? or leave them as they are but theyre sprawling everywhere and have another 4 trays of them  ???

This looks like classic etiolation, they need more light and less heat. They also look fairly wet.

But I would not be too hopeful of getting a decent plant out of them and would be tempted to re-sow.

Sorry.

Jerry

question mt spegetti squash look like the picture althjough the soil is drier but there well fit i have moved them into a cooler place

what should they look like ??


Ta

carl

sorry a minor devation i know

They should look like this:



Not my picture by the way as I will not be sowing for a few weeks yet.

They need good heat to germinate but the seedlings quickly get leggy if not enough light. Squash can seem to grow while you watch them. Germination on minute, 3" tall the next if you are not careful.

HTH

Jerry

Thanks Jerry, I knew deep down that id lose them thats why I put a pic of their poor state on, but what the hell, only lost a bit of compost and a packet of seeds, will sow some more in a week or two in the unheated greenhouse, guess they'l be slow but will soon catch up when the weather gets warmer  ;D

Cheers Gerry

looks like i missed mine as they are about 6 inches long !!! will they be any good or should i show them the bin? or could i escape by maybe be burried a little deepr in the soil ?

would they produce fruit (if not alot ) if i let them carry on ?

carl

Planting them deeper may be a problem, the stems can and do rot very easily.

If it were me I would re sown in 3 or 4 weeks time and move them the second into full light  once they sow signs of germinating.

Too long and floppy now want be much use I am afraid unless you can give them lots of light and heat.

Jerry

This is the first time I have used a heated propagator and mine have also gone very leggy. They weren't getting enough light in the house. They seem to be very strong, so I have potted them up anyway and put them in my unheated green house (have I done the wrong thing?).  I will wait and see how they get on. If they fail I guess I will have to re-sow.

It seems most of us have been a little over-eager (well - the packet said sow in bloomin' January!! ;D) and mine have gone all leggy too.  Will relieve the shelf space for other plants and discard the current ones - good advice about the rot as was going to plant up and earth up the leggy bits this weekend.  Sowed some direct into composty earth a few weekends ago so fingers crossed.

Hi
I have some calabrese and cauli young plants (2 sets of true leaves), they aren't too leggy but need potting on and i was wondering if they are hardy enough to go in my unheated greenhouse... i have a mini geenhouse in there too, to help with hardening off.  At the moment they are on the kitchen window sill.   

I am guessing from the previous replies that it would be fine to put them out in the GH but just thought i would double check.

cheers

P.

Mine are all in an unheated greenhouse or out on the patio on one of those portable plastic covered greenhouses and are doing really well so far. the stuff in the house has gone a bit weedy and leggy but the seedlings outside are quite stocky and will hopefully thrive.
Helen