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I know you can transplant tomato seedlings deeper, anything else you can do this with?
I know you can transplant tomato seedlings deeper, anything else you can do this with?
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Curcubit family.
That's Cucumbers, pumpkins, marrows and courgettes.
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You can also plant brassica seedlings a bit deeper, but this is more for stability as the plant matures, than to provide extra root growthRat
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Peppers and chillis will root out if planted down a bit.
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I always plant my brassica seedlings down deeper, exactly as SR says, for stability. Wind rock isnt good for them at all.
Didnt know about peppers and chilli's though, so will do that.Bob Leponge
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How far down can you plant a seedling?
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Not the worst problem to have M+L.
When I pot my brassica's on, I put them down to the leaves.
Once I plant them out, I pretty much do the same thing. As far down as I dare. They seem to manage ok.
I guess SR will be better qualified than me though, as its his job and his place is much windier than mine.Bob Leponge
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I do it with toms because they can root from the stem. I don't with cucurbits because they have a tendence to rot.Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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I'm with Flum on this one, have found that cucurbits tend to rot if you put them deeper but no problems at all with toms, peppers etc etc.
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I thought that also as I transplanted outdoor cucumbers last year and 2 of them rotted by planting too deep I thought. Didn't say last night though in case I was wrongOriginally posted by Flummery View Post
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I plant my cucumbers deep and they've rooted fine from the stem. Maybe I've just been lucky, but I learned it from my Mum, she told me to, Honest
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You shouldn't have a problem by planting cucumbers down abit, they simply root out from the stem. I would suggest it is something else that is causing them to rot off, such as being damaged during planting. We pot over 9000 cucumbers into pots and all are planted down, last year we lost none after being potted.
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When you prick out seedlings, put them in so that the seed leaves just clear the compost, works for everything.Growing in the Garden of England
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Technically cucumbers can be planted deeper but I have read recently in GYO that it is not recommended as there is an increased risk of the stem rotting. However I usually have stems rotting no matter what I do. I am going to try using a bit of copper sulphate this year to see if it helps.
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Reply to Heated mat for Tom's and chilliesI use a mix of six scoops of compost three scoops of sand/grit and two scoops of perlite,the quantity is unimportant as long as the ratio is the same, if for seeds I use this mix, if I am potting on I add some blood, fish and bone, along with a small quantity of chicken manure pellets
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