FIX Long Leggy Seedlings with Complete SUCCESS!! Don't Start Over And Replant....Just Transplant!

Hello, in this video, I'll show you how to rescue long leggy seedlings early so they'll be able to grow productively in your garden later in the season. This will specifically cover tomato, basil, celery and parsley seedlings but this method can be used with practically any vegetable that gets too spindly from low light conditions. You won't have to give up and start over again! I'll also give you my recommendation on the best "gardening" tool to use for this...you may be surprised that it's from the kitchen!

[@turkituck]

Well I know how I will be spending my day today (*looks over at 3 trays full of leggy seedlings....)

[@annanepesova5498]

I have 12 trays like that, I guess I’ll be back in June to a normal life ))))

[@rachaelmonroe4593]

Same!!😂

[@robertmesta7946]

😅 me too!

[@dhvlpretty1910]

I have a few myself

[@stargirl12387]

You and me both! Ahh 😱

[@mjk6618]

Keeping a fan circulating on your seedlings as they emerge would drastically reduce their ability to get "leggy"... Works GREAT! Happy Gardening! 🌿💕🌿

[@12gage85]

Bud trick

[@Denisewithonei]

This is my first time trying seedlings. I planted the seeds 7 days ago and some are already leggy. This is a very helpful video. Thank you.

[@GardenWellEatWell]

Thanks very much for watching Denise....glad it helped! Paul

[@nimatullahking3595]

@@GardenWellEatWell yrioy

[@ivanamalfara6374]

@@GardenWellEatWell enough

[@dennischen2448]

the best way is to buy a set of led grow lighting system.

[@rockjockchick]

This was SO useful! Mine always end up leggy and I never knew why. I have so much respect for gardeners and farmers now that I’ve tried a few times. It’s a super skill for sure!

[@avstryker]

Always have a fan gently blowing on your seedlings .. the mechanical reaction to the breeze will strengthen the stems and lessen the need to transplant .

[@Ms.Charlene1102]

Ohhh you just saved me, thank you, doing this tomorrow, help my little babies out

[@venenareligioest410]

I find that the best tool for lifting seedlings, and some root soil, with minimum disturbance is a tea spoon. The bowl of the spoon holds the root and attached soil perfectly 👍

[@indyw3458]

An excellent tutorial on how to transplant leggy seedlings safely to avoid damaging their delicate root system. I’ve not seen another video that deals with this problem quite so well and with great video skills. You’ve helped to explain this in the most appropriate way, with clarity. Thank you so much!

[@dougbas3980]

I am 77 yo gardener but still learned from this. Thank you.

[@NativeNYerChicHK]

I have a metal cuticle scraper for manicures that has what looks like a little shovel/spoon on one end and a bit of a spear on the other. It honestly looks like a mini gardening tool 🤣 It has come in SO handy!!

[@eternalfizzer]

Wow! I'm a clutz with plants - I never would have dared push it in with a chopstick. Thanks for the demo! You may have saved a whole generation of sad seedlings in this house :-D

[@GardenWellEatWell]

Fantastic! Glad you saw the video...and good luck! Paul

[@awhite9221]

Well, I’ll give this a try today on my beet seedlings. All my seedlings had gotten leggy in my south facing window ledges but I learned they were lacking light so I put my bedroom lamp right over them AND turned on my ceiling fan as some ‘natural’ wind. Within a couple weeks they started to gain the actual shape of the chard and collards leaves and grew their next level of leaves. They’re growing well now. Will certainly try this on my beet seedlings today. Thanks.

[@raychel3548]

Thank you! I watched a few videos on this subject, but yours was the most helpful. I am so relieved knowing I haven't ruined my seedlings and that I can save them!!

[@GardenWellEatWell]

That's great Ray! Let me know how they turn out! Thanks, Paul.

[@raychel3548]

@@GardenWellEatWell They are thriving and we are getting ready to plant them today. :)

[@GardenWellEatWell]

Fantastic Ray! Glad they turned out! Paul

[@mjay4700]

Good tip to fix it after it happens. I've found that increasing light intensity in the first place gives shorter, robust seedlings from the get-go. I just had a bunch of tomato and kale seedlings get leggy and I opted to start over with a 400w MH instead of 2 small T5's. The new seedlings are much shorter, more robust and have grown about 3x faster.

[@mikeus69]

Wow u not only gave me the solution to the problem I’m having but the fix for the cause. Thanks so much!

[@PeretRed]

I'm amazed on how resilient those tomato leggy seedlings are, thanks for sharing.

[@Cass-so8uj]

This was so useful and easy to understand. Also I appreciate you using things around the house bc some of us are just starting out and don’t have all the cool tools

[@tweetiebirdism]

When you buried the leggy stem I was 🤯. Why haven’t I ever thought of that?! Thank you!

[@suspiciousminds1750]

Same thought here. Brilliant.

[@hollyhenry51]

I saw you're site come up & was just about to leave for a busy day. So glad I watched as I will use all that information right away . I have leggy little guys today & would have just dumped them. Can't say enough about how happy you just made me. Thanks .I just subscribed.

[@stephaniejimenez3266]

This is so so helpful. I just began indoor gardening and I had great luck with mint growing so much and suddenly they began dropping. I was so sad but you’ve given me hope to save them. Thank you!

[@adrianaasap]

Damn. And I was so excited that my plants looked “big” 😢 I thought they were growing 😂

[@johnlennon1128]

Helped me a lot growing some bud for the first time and I had a funny feeling that there was a problem thank goodness u popped up in my recommended 🤧🙌

[@christieb3999]

I’m so happy I found this! I was planning to do this this weekend and you do it in a way that’s more simpler than I do 🤗

[@LuluLulu-jw9fi]

Best video. While other utubers created "complicated" means to get "more sun" none of them explained this process which is simpler. Ty!

[@deborahhopkinson5243]

Thank you for the close-ups! Those really helped! Excellent video.

[@doncook3584]

Wow 70 years young and never thought of this. Been gardening all my life. Many thanks. My seedlings are the epitome of long legged. Most never make it.

[@GardenWellEatWell]

Thanks for watching Don. I'm glad you found my channel! Paul

[@santahampton]

Thank you! Very informative video for a newbie who is just learning to start growing from seeds!

[@greysquirtle5144]

I was so nervous putting my plants outside (I would forget them out there...) but THAT was the whole reason they were so spindly!! Thank you for the video and the subtitles too

[@paulinechapman5669]

My womanly instinct told me years ago ..this was the best thing to do…glad an expert agrees with me..yes its boring work but people..whats the alternative..happy gardening from Canada..🇨🇦

[@AltyBlue01]

Never too sure if this can be done on ALL leggy seedlings? I know tomato’s will grow roots from the stems but won’t some seedlings get root rot?

[@lisayoung1313]

Thank you so much...I am so happy that I came across this video...this is my first year of planting seeds. I usually buy starters...but I wanted to "grow" as a gardener..✌✌✌🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦👍🌾🌾

[@maestoso47]

Wow, I’m glad you showed the spindly parsley because that’s how some of my delphinium have grown and I feared I would lose them all. I will have to try this method! Thank you so much for this excellent guide!

[@TheMash84]

This is brilliant! I started recently growing herbs in my house and I discovered a whole new world. There's so much to learn. Huge thanks for sharing this! I've just subscribed to your channel!

[@bungle1771]

Thankyou for this brilliant tip,the amount of times i have tried to repot them full length.

[@DeniMrm1]

Thank you so much for this. I have never started plants with seeds and you present this very well.

[@angelnocte]

Thank you so much! I didn’t know that this was possible and that I might be able to save my seedlings. The video is great showing the process in so much detail.

[@sibelthecat5883]

Thank you 🙏 so much. I was trying to figure out a way to save my leggy seedlings 💖

[@sonybarne1298]

This was EXCELLENT! The BEST one I’ve seen yet on this subject!! Thanks so much.

[@GardenWellEatWell]

Thanks for the fantastic support @Sony Barne! I'm glad it was helpful. Paul

[@jamieyeng]

Thank you! I've been unsuccessful with my seedlings! I learnt so much from this video and now I know I need to wait another month before I transplant them again.

[@Gregory_TheWatchman]

Thank you for sharing! Those were great tips and techniques for saving those leggy seedlings. Now I know it's not a lost cause on some of my seedlings.

[@sensa5645]

Thank you for this helpful information in planting tomato plants. I have to plant mine because are long. Your helpful tips showed me how to plant them properly. Thank you!😊👍🇨🇦👌

[@FS-dh6om]

Thanks god I saw this video, I plant herbs and some vegetables like ten days ago and they all look leggy, I didn’t know what to do, thank you so much for this video ❤️

[@cynthiavoigts215]

Thank you for sharing your experience in this video! Just what I needed to know. Now I know how to correct my problems. I will try again starting seeds.

[@qkranarchist3015]

Thank you. What a well laid out tutorial! I'm applying right now. I appreciate your video.

[@elizabethhicks9844]

This is my first year attempting to start my own seedlings ...so glad I came across your channel

[@GardenWellEatWell]

That's great Elizabeth. Good luck on your garden this year! Paul

[@elizabethhicks9844]

Thank you...I put my seedlings out on the porch to harden them off an left them out for a couple hrs brought them in and they died

[@c.j.treble3133]

Ditto...

[@c.j.treble3133]

@@elizabethhicks9844 were they established seedlings or new seedlings? and how cold was it outside?

[@elizabethhicks9844]

@@c.j.treble3133 new seedlings good leaves on them temp was high 60s I put them on front porch no sun that time of day

[@susi-emily]

Best thing I've found for getting seedlings out of modules is an old dinner fork. Works perfectly. Supports the entire root system.

[@mpg869]

Can I use a new dinner fork ? 😂🤣

[@JohannaVeerenhuis]

That was very helpful, thank you so much!! My first ever little basil seedlings look exactly like that. I knew this method was possible for some plants, but never knew for which plants, now I do! 🤗🤗

[@azuredivina]

yes! totally having this problem with my flat leaf parsley seedlings. will rectify it asap. thank you!

[@DM-lk5ym]

Thanks for this, now I know how to fix leggy seedlings & know why they get leggy! I like how you can just put the leggy stem in the soil, I didn' know you could bend them up like that. Your japanese style chopstick really is the tool for this job & you've honed your technique!

[@baevins]

Thank you for the Video. Now I can save my Leggy Seedlings. Was gonna start some seeds over.

[@GardenWellEatWell]

Hi Barbara... that's great! Glad you saw the video. Paul

[@playarmytv2033]

Just started planting and learning. This is awrsome. I just hope this process won't have any bad effects and my leggy seedlings to grow normal just like the other. Thanks!

[@kathleenkaufmann2084]

Thank you! I am looking at very leggy parsley right now! After several other video's, I was thinking I would have to throw it out and start over, all that time wasted. This makes me so much happier that I can save them and get them going in a better direction!

[@theworldviewer]

Thanks for this tutorial. I started tomato seeds a week ago in my basement, placing the starter pods on top of my slightly warm furnace with only the natural light from two small windows. I have exactly as you show in the video- long spindley stems. Going to get to work……….

[@shahidasworld81]

Wow amazing gardening tips , now I know how to fix my cucumber plants that are leggy as well thanks so much for sharing your video

[@sacredrootshomestead7107]

Thank you so Much . I just did this on my own thinking it won’t work. Then I saw your video and ordered Japanese chopsticks to repair the rest of my tangled seedling 🌱

[@hollynelson543]

This is the best video I've see for leggy plants. Subscribed. THANK YOU

[@GardenWellEatWell]

Thanks for the GREAT support Holly! Glad you found it so helpful! Paul

[@Mase2423]

Very helpful! I’m growing my first garden and this is happening to my tomatoes! I’m going to use this exact technique! Thank you!

[@GardenWellEatWell]

That's great Arielle! Let us know how it all works out for you. Thanks Paul

[@Kari-cf3nj]

Exactly what I needed to see today! Thank you!!!

[@maid4youcleaningservices366]

Thank you so much!! New to gardening and having this issue. So glad it can be fixed.

[@GardenWellEatWell]

I'm glad I was able to help. Good luck with your garden this year!

[@knightbook1003]

You just saved the lives of 12 of my straggly dill plants! Thk u!

[@GardenWellEatWell]

Fantastic! I'm glad the video helped out. Paul

[@michele-33]

Wow, the exact info I need - some of my tomato starts are leggy Thanks & God bless 🌱

[@kathybluxome5514]

Awesome! Thank you for showing me how to save most of my plants!

[@nancymills1884]

Wonderful! I have this problem and never knew why or how to fix it. Thank you.

[@chuckkottke]

Good sound advice! I just transplanted celery out of flats and into pots with a trowel before seeing your video, but next year I will use your method! Those ornate Japanese chopsticks will come in handy. 🍚 🥢🌞 🌱

[@christinehaslam9480]

Great video... I use 2 popsicle sticks --- stick one down in each side and slowly lift them out... Then directly transplant it into the new holder (while still holding it on the popsicle sticks)... Works like a charm... This prevents you from having to gently tug on the leggy plant... It also protects it from potential hand bacteria getting on them...

[@muzchan2354]

wow thank you so much, we just moved and thus having plenty of sun in our garden I found there is no window facing the sun where I could put juvenile plants to strive. I take them outside each day that is warm enough but they still came about long legged. now I can save them and be happy ❤ thank you sir! ps: I don't wanna go without something that I learned and did help me a lot with my plant experience so far: keep one little patch open to experiment on. I dedicated an area in my garden to work with common varieties/pest control and or plants I didn't know were common where I live (old heirloom). one example: last year I planted calendula officinalis against the main direction of the wind and it did indeed attract many bugs which all would lay their eggs there and their larvae who would otherwise damage my vegetables stayed at the flower's roots and fed on just them. very helpful since the flower will not survive winter anyway and the larvae below can be easily dug up and seperated from the soil. the flowerbuds collected and sown again will become healthy new plants in spring. a cycle to keep bugs at bay without necessarily killing them. happy gardening everyone and merry greetings from Tyrol.

[@wendyamericana4829]

Thank you so much for this video it really made me understand how I can fix my leggy seedlings

[@goinsvirginia]

Old tablespoon works great for me. Plant my leggy plants deeper in a solo cup With holes in it Drop in another solo cup for lill water.

[@Aaron999]

I'm not surprised for tomatoes, but it seems counter-intuitive for plants that don't root along their stem. Thanks for sharing. I try it if I have leggy seedlings in the future.

[@lunapaul8412]

Happy to gsll on this! I have some leggy ones and couldn't understand why!

[@tinawhite6793]

thank you thank you!!! I never knew how to fix my leggy seedlings!!! extremely informative

[@starlightstarbrightlove1457]

Thank you! Awesome instructions!

[@MotosAllotmentGarden]

Great video, you have just saved my leggy plants, thanks for sharing

[@GardenWellEatWell]

I'm glad it helped you out....and thanks for watching!

[@Ellen24493]

This is simple and to the point. Thank you.

[@s.townsend8252]

What a great video! I started germinating some tomatoes in peat pellets, totally forgot to check them a couple of days and bam, one had sprouted and was leggy!!! I will try your method and fingers crossed I'll have success! Happy growing🙂🌱

[@skatingcanuck9837]

As an Asian I am impressed that you as a white guy knows the difference between styles of chopsticks! 😊👏

[@landiaturley8946]

I always call that Japanese style a hair stick🤣🤣

[@RRaucina]

The difference is that one I am throwing away now and the other next time I use them. All junk, indeed. Inscrutable

[@paulasiefert2059]

Seriously? Rude.

[@user-cz9wg1ks2e]

😮

[@user-cz9wg1ks2e]

​@@paulasiefert2059true story

[@richardteale3217]

Beautifully presented ,thank you from England.

[@GardenWellEatWell]

Thanks Richard, you're welcome from Canada! Glad you found it helpful. Paul

[@leendaroberto]

Your video saved my leggy plants. Thank so much for the detailed information.

[@GardenWellEatWell]

Thanks for watching, Linda....glad I could help! Paul

[@jenniferwalsh4725]

Thank you for helping people.❤

[@daCUTE187]

This video was SUPER Helpful for me! First time growing seeds and I thought the long guys were just over achievers, but I knew they needed to be under more soil, just didn't know how until watching your video--the chop stick tool was great idea! Subscribed!

[@GardenWellEatWell]

Glad you found the video helpful @daCUTE187 and thanks for joining! Paul

[@curt349]

Thanks for the video! I never knew leggy seedlings (which i have) are a problem

[@carolynstewart9419]

Thanks. This video was very helpful. Transplanted seedlings today after watching your video.

[@angelamatlock6864]

perfect info! Last week I just put them in the garden and mounded around the stem. I' watching to see if it will work.

[@kalebbrown5916]

oh my gosh, thank you for this video! I'm growing everything from seed for the first time and I've made so many mistakes. I've been watching a lot of videos lately and this is another I can add to my list as one that could save all my work!

[@GardenWellEatWell]

Hi Kaleb, I'm glad I was able to help out! Good Luck with your garden this year! Paul

[@kmimsatl]

Me too Kaleb!! I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing, but I'm still doing it! 🤣 Good luck on your first harvest!

[@Stockholm_Syndrome]

This is exactly what I needed now! Thanks!

[@GardenWellEatWell]

Glad you saw the video at the right time! Paul

[@ernestinestanley3338]

New to any type of gardening you video was a great help. Thanks for sharing!

[@LSinclair]

Very helpful indeed! You made it look so easy 😊😊 Thank you!! Now on to save my little leggy purslane👍🏼

[@bonniehoke-scedrov4906]

This is my first time enjoying your KZbin channel. Great work! I’m looking forward to more great content from you. Thank you so much for this informative video! I got so much out of it.

[@GardenWellEatWell]

Thanks so much for your support Bonnie! Paul

[@domteretto8900]

You make it look so easy

[@Gandoff2000]

That is cool! I will try this when I have leggy seedlings! Thank you.

[@barbarawilkerson3038]

I tried seeds for the first time last summer. Of course they were leggy and I had no idea why, Thank you very much. I know what to do now.

[@djskate8584]

This is the perfect video because it explains what to do and what causes it W

[@coreafan]

thank you so much for the tips, i have a bis that is two months old, with leggy seedlings, my weekend will be transplanting lke 50 legs lol thanks again

[@amidark6518]

This helped a bunch. The beans I planted last Saturday decided that they were going to get leggy as all get out.

[@stayliftedgermany4041]

I love your Chopstick style of Transplanting 😍

[@crazylifehomestead]

Thank you for this video, I'm having this situation at the moment

[@thesimplelifeofcc9691]

Thank you, I have lots of transplanting to do! I live in Wisconsin and we don’t get much sun in April... all my seedlings are leggy. 😢

[@caloyabella]

Excellent! Learned something new today👍 thank you for sharing 👍

[@angelinaherkyjullianna8187]

i like how detail you describing. thanks a lot!

[@dees5103]

Thank you thank you thank you! I’ve been searching everywhere for a way to save my seedlings, I really didn’t want to start over 😊

[@GardenWellEatWell]

That's great Dee. Let us know how it works out for you! Paul

[@dees5103]

@@GardenWellEatWell guess who saved all her seedlings?! This chick! Thanks again….now to find space for all the tomatoes and peppers I’m apparently growing 😂