Stretched Seedlings - But Light is Close...what to do?

Ok so I know that if your light is too far from the seedlings that they will stretch way out...

But...my T5 light is merely 4-6 inches circa from the seedlings

I have 5 Alaskan Ice and 4 Lavender seedlings

The Lav are all looking as they should, but two of my AI are stretched out...one real bad

The leaves are green, and they are looking good except for being too strectched and the stems on these are looking pretty thin/weak

These suckers are only 3 days out of the Seed Starters that they are in

So my question.,...

Aside from trying to prop them up forever with toothpicks or the like ....


I read once that you can cut open a Roto Rooter Seed Starter Plug and then take out the seedling from the one its in, and replace it into the new one, ...

...but with most of the stem essentially "buried" as if I put more soil in it, if that was the medium I was using....

In other words, I pull the seedling down essentially so that most of the stretched stem is pulled back under the medium...


Can anyone comment on this?

I don't want to do the wrong thing here and kill my baby girls.....


Please advise

Jay

With seeds I put the sprouted seed in pot Half full of soil ,and as it streches I add soil you can do this for a week or 2.

yeah when i've had seedlings stretch too much i've propped them up with extra coco around them

bury all the exposed thats what i do will make it much sturdier peace!

Don't worry so much about the stem streching when it is been grow from seed.It will sort it's self out once it starts to get a few set's of true leaves.Once it has about two sets sometimes once the first set are about 1cm long i put them under the hps lights this seems to srt out the plants from becomeing too leggy.If you are growing in soil then just put the stem below the soil so that the stem is about 2/3 cm above the soil line.Then make sure that your lights are kept has close has possible without burning the plant it's a fine line but use your hand has a gage......tyke............................................