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Fri, Mar 18, 11 at 10:12
| My petunia seedling popped up to 1" tall before I could get them under the lights. Is that too leggy? should they be transplanted to shorten them? What distance from the top of the soil to the 1st set of leaves is considered optimal? Thanks in Advance. John |
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- Posted by keriann_lakegeneva 5B WI/IL border (My Page) on Fri, Mar 18, 11 at 11:13
| My leaves are about 1/32 above the soil line. Are you sure they are petunias at 1"? Even super spindly... I find 1" hard to believe from a petunia... hmm.. I am stumped How long from when they germinated till you got them under lights? Keriann~ |
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| Keriann, Are you sure they are petunias at 1"? Since I planted the seeds, I am sure they are petunias. Most are wave. In fact there are at least 10 varieties of just petunias. A few are taller than 1", but most are at about 1". The few that popped up late are 1/4". They went almost 2 weeks before I got them under lights. Prior to that they only got some window sun light. |
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- Posted by keriann_lakegeneva 5B WI/IL border (My Page) on Fri, Mar 18, 11 at 12:56
| oh yeah... I thought it was days, not weeks... I would get them really close under lights and when they have their first set of true leaves I would pot them up deep, to their leaves. This should help and should be fine in the long run. What kind of light set-up do you have? Keriann~ |
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| My lighting is 1 four foot shop light with 2 cool white bulbs hanging 3" above seedlings. Thanks |
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