Transplanting a plant and burying stem

I have some clones in 6-10 inch pots I'm getting ready to transplant into bigger containers. A few of the clones have 3-4 inches of stem from the dirt surface until the first node/leaf. Can I transplant it, burying the stem up to that point?

I'm sure somewhere along the way I read that it'll rot the stem...can anyone shed light on this?

u can try, most plants i see like that would get stemrot/damping off.but if u try and keep it dry and only water around the edges of the pot maybe after a few weeks its will drop roots down from that part of stem

I always bury the stem and have never once had a problem doing it that way, i leave about 1.5 inches. Works every time.

you can bury the stem as deep as you want, it will root.

even if there are no nodes?

yup like wiseguy said no problem ^^^^^^^

what kevin said it will root and have maybe the best root system of all [i love those bonzi thick roots you see on top of the soil ]

Do it, you ll just get more roots to feed!

I don't but may try burying one deeper on this next batch of clones to see how it goes.

I used to run my grows off of a 250w-- needed to bury the plants when transplanting every time. Never a problem.

I have considered nicking/scraping the cuticle a bit before burying-- figuring it may speed root development. Will have to experiment on my next grow.

point of burying the stem? does it make the plant shorter?

I had to transplant some plants quite deep coz they were stretching too much and so far they are doing fine

What are the benefits of burying the stem (except obviously shortening the plant)?

sweeney bobb said:

What are the benefits of burying the stem (except obviously shortening the plant)?

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more roots

If it's a bit lanky, and you typically top your plants, just whack the top of the plant off and clone it. Now you have two plants. That's usually what I do. I've also buried the stem with no problems.

Aha that makes sense and I'm guessing having the leaves closer to the soil won't cause any problems?

Thanks in advance

Having leaves closer to the soil may cause fungus/mildew problems.

I've always buried My stems past the first set of leaves ( the rounded ones) that come on the plant first!

Oh and I've never had a prob.

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