burying stems

lickalotapus

lickalotapus

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Hey guys looking for some expert advice.

Will it have any negative effects on my plants if I add more soil to the surface maybe an inch or 2 .
I want to topdress with compost but my main concern is that it will cause the stem to rot, especially because it gets very very wet here during flower
 
calicocalyx

calicocalyx

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It depends on a lot of factors, I wouldn't because I try for some giant plants and have seen issues. But if they are gonna be around a pound or so in size I don't worry about it, I also will transplant at an angle if that means making the canopy level and I won't lose any lower branches.
 
panhead

panhead

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I grew in soil over 20 yrs before going hydro , every so often i get stem rott from transplanting too deep & i discussed the issue over at Overgrow before the government shut the site down .

A grower in Canada gave me some advice which was if you want to plant deep or add medium around stalk you need roots , ya just scrape the stalk in several spots to get the heavy bark off & get into light green or white stalk material & roots will bust out of every spot you scrape .

I used that trick for yrs with 100% success in my soil plants & still use it with my mother plants all the time when i add soil around the established plant , every time the plant will grow roots & you'll never get stem rott .
 
redeyedfrog

redeyedfrog

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panhead said:
I grew in soil over 20 yrs before going hydro , every so often i get stem rott from transplanting too deep & i discussed the issue over at Overgrow before the government shut the site down .

A grower in Canada gave me some advice which was if you want to plant deep or add medium around stalk you need roots , ya just scrape the stalk in several spots to get the heavy bark off & get into light green or white stalk material & roots will bust out of every spot you scrape .

I used that trick for yrs with 100% success in my soil plants & still use it with my mother plants all the time when i add soil around the established plant , every time the plant will grow roots & you'll never get stem rott .
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That's a awesome technique
 
ruby fruit

ruby fruit

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lickalotapus said:
Fark he must have loaded it on.is he still growing ?
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He downright killed the poor thing...it was in a pot and prob 5ft.tall and looking gd ive deleted the pics he sent....personally i think it was more some root disease or root rot but he thinks its the horse shit cos he only just put it on when it happened
 
lickalotapus

lickalotapus

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Haha
ruby fruit said:
He downright killed the poor thing...it was in a pot and prob 5ft.tall and looking gd ive deleted the pics he sent....personally i think it was more some root disease or root rot but he thinks its the horse shit cos he only just put it on when it happened
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Haha that reminds me so much of when I first started growing and I would kill plants with kindness .eventually you learn to read the plants and know when somethings wrong
 
ruby fruit

ruby fruit

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lickalotapus said:
Haha

Haha that reminds me so much of when I first started growing and I would kill plants with kindness .eventually you learn to read the plants and know when somethings wrong
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I remember when i first started and put shitloads of blood n bone in then heaps of liquid ferts everyday lol...pretty much killed the things
 
bud nugbong

bud nugbong

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I know its been answered but ill chime in. Usually when I transplant seedlings and small plants I bury the stem a few inches. Never have any problems with rotting. And if i've ever had roots that have been exposed because of washing away soil they seem to just form a "bark" layer like the rest of the exposed stem. Hardy plants seem to adapt.

Now if the soil is soggy as hell, or "hot" with too much ferts I could see the rotting happening.
 
ruby fruit

ruby fruit

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bud nugbong said:
I know its been answered but ill chime in. Usually when I transplant seedlings and small plants I bury the stem a few inches. Never have any problems with rotting. And if i've ever had roots that have been exposed because of washing away soil they seem to just form a "bark" layer like the rest of the exposed stem. Hardy plants seem to adapt.

Now if the soil is soggy as hell, or "hot" with too much ferts I could see the rotting happening.
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Makes sense just touching on what you say...i have one plant in a smart pot and eventually i had roots growing out from the stem at the top of the soil so i just put another 4 inches of so on top and continued on no problems
 
whitebb2727

whitebb2727

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The only problem I've encountered when burying seedlings deeper is when they get a little bigger and the first set of leaves are to close to the soil. It can cause a little rot from moisture.
 
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