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I started tomato and pepper seeds in February. first time starting from seeds. I used heat mats and t-5 bulbs to help. now they are aprox 12-15 inches tall and leggy.very healthy but leggy.I’ve put a fan on them to harden them.How can I slow them down without hurting them?I don’t plant my garden until memorial day weekend. I live in southern Columbia county.thank you, barry/ “

Consider it a lesson learned.  Not much to be done about it now.  Tomatoes and peppers don’t need to be started inside until the last week of March or so.   Keep the lights going or even increase the hours .  If you can cool the area off that will slow them down but stay above 55 degrees.  As you are doing, a gentle breeze from and oscillating fan will also wiggle the stems making them sturdier.  When they go into the garden, you can remove some leavers and  bury the leggy stem on the tomatoes (tomatoes are one of the few plants you can do this to) so that it will grow into a sturdier plant.  You can’t do that with the peppers though so ll you can do is add a small stake to support the leggy transplants.

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