Happy Guy

I have a plant that looks really good the best one I have. But it has a long stem which I know that this could cause a problem later.
My soil level was a little lower in that cup when I planted that one that is why the stem is so long, I couldn't get the light close enough to it when it was young.
I now have an oscilating fan on it full time.
Just a little bit of a breeze make it bend almost all the way over. It comes back but I have to turn it every twelve hours to keep it from growing the way the fan blowes it.
My question is should I turn the fan off for a peroid of time each day or leave it on?
Is there anything else I can do to increase the stem strength?
It is a Big Bud plant so I hope I will need all the stem strength I can get.


Thanks for the help.

Happy Guy

Hope this is in the right forum, my plants not sick just needs some help.

[This message has been edited by Happy Guy (edited April 21, 2000).]

Delta9

Couple of thing you could try. Fill up the cup or transplant it , burying it deeper than it is. Or stake it now, you'll probably have to sooner or later.
D9

lilbuddie

What you want to shoot for at this stage is too have the slighest breeze on them. I mean so they are twitch when the fan is on. That is all it takes. Just VERY VERY slight movement of the babies. At this stage, I point the fan at the wall and let it rebound off of that and I get a slight flutter of the tips and that is good enough to start them off to having stems. Once they get a little bigger then you can direct more air at them but for now just prop them up with somethign and adjust your air flow

Good Growing
LB

Happy Guy

Thanks for the excelent info.

So it won't rot my stem if I cover it with soil?


Happy Guy

lilbuddie

I haven't done it my self yet but I do knwo people here who said they have used that method when transplanting and they didn't have any negative feedback on doing it that way. I am going to try it this go around since some of the seedlings have shot way up .

LB