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Farming- a bunch of catastrophies that result in a lifestyle

Hi all. I'm going to soon be transferring my winter seedlings to the final bed and I've always wondered:
Can you bury the stem like you can on tomatoes to give the little baby more stability. In the past I have only buried them right to the spot they are now as a sprout and used sticks to hold them up.

1/13/2015 2:07:25 PM

Little-TON - Colorado

Bury them to the bottom of the first cots, especially if its leggy. I like to bury it at an angle away from the first true leaf to help it lay down the direction I want it to go. Good Luck LB

1/13/2015 2:13:43 PM

Upa Creek, MO

Agreed put to cots - wiz told me this years back and it has worked each year. Vine will tend to shoot out and lay opposite of first true leaf.

1/13/2015 2:39:53 PM

Farming- a bunch of catastrophies that result in a lifestyle

Cool, thanks guys. I already marked the container opposite the first true leaf, so i will "bury his butt to his eye balls." :)

1/13/2015 3:05:33 PM

Colorado

Theyll form roots on all of the stalk below the cotyledons. You might try a little rooting hormone there-dont tell Wiz

1/13/2015 3:58:22 PM

Springfield, VT

You can bury the stem if you don't have a root maggot problem. With root maggots the stem is an ideal entry point to kill the plant

1/13/2015 4:09:03 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Plant them at a 45 in needed

1/13/2015 4:30:38 PM

Little-TON - Colorado

Wiz already knowZ....lol

1/13/2015 4:53:37 PM

East Jordan, MI

I've played around with this quite a bit in test runs over the winters and in the patch for the last 5 years. In my trials the stem doesn't get extra roots all along it like tomatoes do.

Additionally, while burying up to the Cots doesn't seem to hurt them, and does give them some more support, the portion of the stem below the cots is much more pliable than the true vine past the cots. Because of this, I've found that leaving the plant out of the ground a couple of inches really helps it to lay down without cracking or splitting and you don't have to do nearly as much coaxing.

1/13/2015 9:10:14 PM

Appleton

Hey thanks. John Hoepfner

5/17/2017 10:00:43 AM