Shes getting too big!!! Ok to bury the stem?

toker89 · Sep 10, 2012

Can you bury the stem of a plant with no adverse effects? Cause I have a plant that has grown too rapidly and the rest are playing catch up. I was thinking of burying the stem about a half a foot or more when I transplant next week, just so the canopy will be pretty even with the other girls who are a bit behind.

IS this okay? Will I get stem rot or is this done all the time without problems? Thanks

These are all about 2 months old :

gaztron3030 · Sep 10, 2012

it should be fine, should grow more roots from the submerged stem and be even stronger

batf1nk · Sep 10, 2012

As above.

Another way I have dealt with leggy females in the past is supercropping and you also get the benefits of that also.

Vigehardiague · Sep 10, 2012

Can you bury the stem of a plant with no adverse effects? Cause I have a plant that has grown too rapidly and the rest are playing catch up. I was thinking of burying the stem about a half a foot or more when I transplant next week, just so the canopy will be pretty even with the other girls who are a bit behind. IS this okay? Will I get stem rot or is this done all the time without problems? Thanks These are all about 2 months old :

You talked funny . Otherwise, you will not tell

Jaza · Sep 10, 2012

batf1nk said:
As above.

Another way I have dealt with leggy females in the past is supercropping and you also get the benefits of that also.

Agreed ^^^^

lokie · Sep 10, 2012

how does topping up the soil 6" effect the height?
looks like you have to lower the root ball. soil on top will not change the level of the canopy.

slayer6669 · Sep 10, 2012

yea you can burry the stem i do it all the time itl grow roots out of the stem after a month or so

toker89 · Sep 10, 2012

slayer6669 said:
yea you can burry the stem i do it all the time itl grow roots out of the stem after a month or so

i can't wait that long, in that case i will just try out some super cropping and do some more LST.

I am just going to transplant them from a 3 gal to 5 gal container. I hope that will leave enough room for the roots until they finish flowering. I checked underneath the pots and the roots were already poking out of the drainage holes in 2 of the 4 containers.

slayer6669 · Sep 10, 2012

you dont have to wait for them to grow roots out of the stem lol. im just saying in that amount of time it would all have roots, it will still be fine burrying your stem if thats what you wanna do

ddimebag · Sep 10, 2012

When I transplant a plant, I always bury the stem in the new soil, right up to the first branches. That part of the stem will soon root, giving your plant more support and water/nutes, and it will reduce the height of the plant. I have not seen any negative side effects from burying the stem...

batf1nk · Sep 10, 2012

Looked at the pics, you wont gain anything re-potting and burying the stems the size they are atm, either supercrop or tie them down for now. Now for next time give them more light, lst them early, and if they are leggy bury them deeper in the pot quicker. Why did they stretch so much, I like to have my branching start a fraction above the soil level not a foot above so next time spot this earlier.

Peace

mrgray · Sep 10, 2012

gaztron3030 said:
it should be fine, should grow more roots from the submerged stem and be even stronger

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Very true have done this my self

toker89 · Sep 10, 2012

batf1nk said:
Looked at the pics, you wont gain anything re-potting and burying the stems the size they are atm, either supercrop or tie them down for now. Now for next time give them more light, lst them early, and if they are leggy bury them deeper in the pot quicker. Why did they stretch so much, I like to have my branching start a fraction above the soil level not a foot above so next time spot this earlier.

Peace

actually they didn't stretch that much.. they used to have a bunch of branches there but I cut off the bottom third of each plant to focus their growth near the tops. If i had a powerful light I probably wouldn't have done that but I'm only using a 400w.

batf1nk · Sep 10, 2012

toker89 said:
actually they didn't stretch that much.. they used to have a bunch of branches there but I cut off the bottom third of each plant to focus their growth near the tops. If i had a powerful light I probably wouldn't have done that but I'm only using a 400w.

Ahhh ok, I see. Yeah something like that happened to me, went to Amsterdam for 2 days after trimming came back and omg the stretch hurt my eyes! That was the first time I supercropped lol. Had to supercrop the tops every couple of inches along... was a freak show in the tent I tell you!

imchucky666 · Sep 10, 2012

toker89 said:
Can you bury the stem of a plant with no adverse effects? Cause I have a plant that has grown too rapidly and the rest are playing catch up. I was thinking of burying the stem about a half a foot or more when I transplant next week, just so the canopy will be pretty even with the other girls who are a bit behind.

IS this okay? Will I get stem rot or is this done all the time without problems? Thanks

These are all about 2 months old :

Yes it's fine to do that.
Good question...... It shows you are measuring your plant correctly LOL ie:Without the dirt-plant only.

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