Making seedling's stems stronger

[yimmy capone]

My cousin told me to help make the stems stronger on seedling to give it a couple of littlte finger flicks like 3-4 times a day. Anyone think this will work.

Besides wind from a fan what methods do you do?

 

[BUDISGUD]

you only need a fan blowing against a wall around the plant thats all,forget the flicking also move light up too an inch from the top of your plant,presuming its a flourescent light

 

[HippyInEngland]

Stem pinching works as well, it stunts the plants upward growth and the plant increases it width growth and the stem grows thicker.

 

[slyder]

Stem pinching works as well, it stunts the plants upward growth and the plant increases it width growth and the stem grows thicker.

Yep,,,do some research on supercropping......its the tits...:hubba:

 

[BUDISGUD]

Yep,,,do some research on supercropping......its the tits...:hubba:

i would say yes too the above but his is only a seedling so dont pinch it till its bigger

 

[gettinggray1964]

oh man pinch that thing, want hurt even if it is a seedling, i mean dont pinch it into just a gentle little squeez until you feel the stem give...

 

[NorCalHal]

I wouldn't pinch the seedling. Are you tripping on the "stretch" from when it popped out of the medium and is about 3-4 inches from the first set of leaves?
If so, just repot it and bury the whole thing in medium to the first set of leaves, which will be the small round "first set". From there, you should have no "saggy" seedlings.

 

[Runbyhemp]

I agree 100% ...there should be no reason to pinch a seedling at all ... unneccessary stress ! As others said, keep a gentle breeze blowing on them. If the stems are too long, repot, and bury the plants deeper. Try to keep the lights as close as you can, without burning.

 

[gettinggray1964]

theres more than one way to skin a cat!!!! more than one way to catch fish,more than one way to germ seeds, more than one way to grow MJ...oh yea more than one way to make stems stronger.....lol