How deep to plant?

[thetester]

My seedlings are unstable and sometimes fall over. Should I start planting seeds deeper?

 

[mike.hotel]

Not sure if you are soil or hydro, but yes. Just be careful replanting, but you can bury the thin stem....gently.

 

[I Have a Cool Name]

by fall over do you mean there drooping? or they just go horizontal out of the grow medium? Because if there falling out of there grow medium, then yes plant your seeds deeper. I grow in soil, and i put mine maybe an inch in the soil. If your going deeper then that its probably another problem.

 

[thetester]

Thank you. I am using soil.

 

[thetester]

by fall over do you mean there drooping? or they just go horizontal out of the grow medium? Because if there falling out of there grow medium, then yes plant your seeds deeper. I grow in soil, and i put mine maybe an inch in the soil. If your going deeper then that its probably another problem.

They are falling over not drooping. The stem lays over and it bends up to the light.

 

[I Have a Cool Name]

no problem, good luck with em.

 

[I Have a Cool Name]

sounds like the plant growing towards the light to me. Can you post pics?

 

[Bakatare666]

sounds like the plant growing towards the light to me. Can you post pics?

Agreed.
Pics along with age of plant, light info and good stuff like that would help.

 

[thetester]

Unfortunately, I can't post pics. How deep is too deep to germinate?

 

[I Have a Cool Name]

hard for me to say but probably a hand length? im guessing? i really dont know, ive always just stuck them in finger tip deep.

But humor me. Try rotating your plants 180 degrees every other day. Good chance it'll straighten out the stems. Goodluck.

 

[BBbubblegum]

You probably stretched them out by having their light to far away. Just replant them.

 

[thetester]

Can I move my lighting closer while they are small without shocking them?

 

[Mr.Marijuana420]

why not just fill in some extra soil and build it up around the stem?

 

[bseeds]

if they falling over do to not deep enough put in deeper seeds about 1/2 inch when pop up you can put dirt around them but if falling over because the stem not strong enough you need to get light closer