Help! Stem has fallen :(((((((

Hello everyone, I need help to understand what could have happened. I have this 12 days old auto plant outdoors, it was growing quite fast when yesterday morning I put little water and when a drop touched it the stem totally defeated and it was stretched on the ground. I straightened it with the soil and it is still standing, then I put a toothpick on the side, but I am afraid that it has no solution anyway.

What can it be due to? You think can survive?

Thank you!

Should be fine, I’ve had that happen a few times!

What do you think is the reason? I am afraid that it can be a fungus since I have read in several pages that this is the cause.

I just think it’s a seedling that is stretching and the water hitting it causes it to fall over. Can you add more soil to bury the weak part of the stem?

I’m no expert and have only grown outdoors but I’ve had this happen to me in seedling stage especially when they’re still in the window sill in a solo cup. I’ve learned to start with only half a cup of soil and add as it stretches to support it then transplant and put outside but that’s just what’s worked for me

This happens to me a lot. It just stretchy and is a seedlings with little support from the roots 5hat is top heavy. Tooth pick will get it right just don’t tie it to tight. I always add dirt to stop it from falling. It always happens to me when I water and have the fans blasting. If I plant 5 seeds it at least happen to two of them and they turn out fine in the end. If you can lower your light because that’s the main cause for it getting leggy, trying to get too that light.

I have very carefully dug the substrate to check the stem and it is indeed much thinner below, that’s why it fell the other day completely on top of the soil.

Is this totally unrecoverable? I suspect so, but the leaves continue growing and I don’t know if burying the stem well it can have a solution or there’s no hope and I have to give up.

I am germinating others but I would like to know a little more about the cause of the problem (it’s 100% sure is due to fungus?) I want to know it to avoid this to happen to me again because it’s soo sad

Thanks everyone!!!

Damping off. Start a new seed . . .I’ve never seen or heard of one recovering. It is a fungal issue and not moisture related. A bit of H2O2 added to water/feeding/misting will help avoid future issues.