leggy seedlings

[adam connor]

I read a bit in GYO about a chap saying he burried all the sedling down to true leaves and then that developed an excellent root system, giving the plants a head start. this was music to myears as I had over-cooked my seedlings and they were all 3-4 inches long - cabbages, brussels, marjoram etc. Thinking this might work to save the crop I transplanted them and burie them to their necks. Wow, they're shooting up and seem to be loving it. A few wilted and went but overall the success was fab, so if you have leggy (probably useless) seedlings, consider giving them the foreign legion treatment and bury to necks
ADAM

[JennieAtkinson]

I always do it that way coz they look neater! Glad its the right thing to do

[Alice]

You've got it Adam. I always plant right up to the seed leaves and never had a problem.

[Doggler]

This is exactly the advice I was given after mistakenly putting my seeds in the heated propagator. Seedlings look stronger already.

[lyndap]

I do this with all my seedlings, especially if leggy.Only recently read somewhere,you not supposed to do this with brassicas.Perhaps this is why I seem to get probs with this crop when started from seed,but can grow ok from plug plants.Does anyone know if this is right?

[Gryfon]

Ah good plan! Never thought of that!!! Don't actually have anything else to transplant though!