new to seedlings

[tlck9]

Hi All

I'm pretty new to seedlings and tended to fail miserably when tried before. I have an allotment not so cannot fail as I have o make it pay

I've planted some tomotoes, cucumbers chillis and a few others in compost plugs and come cabbages in a ready come propigator

Most are coming up, quite tall spindly little things, will they spread their wings?
heading towards the sun swaying???

Is this how they come up, I thought I had read somewhere that spindling tall seedlings dont grow to healthy plants?

[binley100]

When you prick them out into small pots bury the stems quite deep and try to keep them somewhere they can get lots of light. Have you got somewhere a bit cooler to keep them esp. the cabbages.

[tlck9]

Have you got somewhere a bit cooler to keep them esp. the cabbages.

at the moment I have them on a window sill, the radiator is on under them, so I could turn the radiator down. the window sill is not south facing so is cooler.

However I could put them into my small polytunnel? would this be okay
I was wondering as my other half doesnt like the sills being filled but worried about frost etc

[Bigmallly]

My cabbage seedlings are in an unheated greenhouse and are doing fine.

[smallblueplanet]

Your selection of seedlings want different 'environmental conditions'. Chillies/peppers are very heat/light demanding, whereas as Bigmally suggests cabbage seedlings aren't so fussy.

So when sowing seeds check the individual requirements. But usually when seeds have germinated in a (heated) propagator they're removed somewhere with more light so that they don't get too spindly.

[Flummery]

I would wait another month and sow toms then - then you won't have problems with light and growing too spindly.
You are growing cabbages too soft. They don't need heat to germinate. Again, either sow them later or use a coldframe or cloche or something and sow them outside.
Good luck - I think you're spoiling them to death!