What to do about leggy balcony vegetables? Just do these three things and that's enough

These days it's not easy to eat vegetables you grow yourself. You finally get the pests under control, and then they go leggy - a pot of seedlings growing taller and thinner than a model. What to do? Try this remedy!

There are three methods. Every household's seedlings go leggy for different reasons, so the treatment is bound to be different.

1. Legginess caused by improper watering

During the vegetable growing process, you need to control the amount and frequency of watering. Basically, water the vegetables only when they look slightly short of water. This method can also curb the runaway growth of the seedlings, making them grow slower and sturdier.

2. Pinching off branches and topping

The topping method is to pinch off all the growing points, so these plants will no longer grow upward, which can help the vegetable seedlings grow sturdier.

3. Damaging the growing tissue

For vegetables that are growing like crazy, such as peppers, eggplants and tomatoes, count down from the top of the seedling and, at the internode below the third leaf, gently pinch with two fingers until water comes out. Once the seedling's vascular tissue is damaged, it temporarily cannot transport water upward, which stops the vegetable from growing and holds it back. After the seedling's wound heals, it will continue growing, and the weak seedlings that were not pinched can catch up with the runaway ones.

Take a quick look at which situation your vegetable seedlings' legginess falls under, and remember to treat the root cause!