Stretching Solution?

While awaiting the arrival of my growbox I decided to germinate the seeds I had (three G-13 Haze). I should have only had to have them under a 23W CFL for about four days but one decided to rocket up like madwoman (hopefully).

Because I still had a dome over the top of the tray for the other two, I couldn't get the CFL close enough so one of the seedlings has some stretching going on. It's to the point where I had to support the plant because the first set of leaves getting too large and it was looking very top heavy.

I have a fan blowing on them and the light is about an inch away. With the delay of my growbox arrival I'm picking up a 120W CFL to help them out but I'm worried about the one that's stretched. I know one solution, if you're growing in soil is to transplant the plant so it's much deeper in the soil. Since I'm in rockwool I was wondering if I could tear apart a cube and wrap it around the stalk, that way it would support the plant a bit better. It's only at the base of the stalk where the problem is, the top of the plant is pretty robust.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

I'm curious what the experienced will say because I got some wicked stretch with my seedlings post-germination even though they were in a greenhouse. When I moved them to pots, I just planted them deeper (like you would a tomato plant), almost to the two baby leaves and they all seem to be fine - I worried though because I didn't want the stems to rot or something, but so far, so good. I'll be watchin' your thread though. Thanks for the good question.

Good luck!

that solution should work, worth a try anyways.. its a little tougher situation in rockwool than soil but the seedling will need some support if it's stretched.

joe- a buried stem will act almost like a cutting/clone in soil.. it shouldn't rot

Bury the stalk of the plant.
Plain and simple.

...I was wondering about that!

I was also considering scrapping the sides of the stalk and dabbing some rooting solution on there... then wrapping it with moist rockwool

If anyone would like to comment on that if they've tried it It might allow the seedling to turn the stalk into root and increase intake