burying stems

[lickalotapus]

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

 

[freemandrake]

I've added about 2 inches on mine and she is fine, bury that bitch!

 

[Letstrip]

Nah youl be sweet go for it

 

[calicocalyx]

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.

 

[BDOGKush]

No, it won't have any negative effects.

 

[redeyedfrog]

Bury it! But if your still concerned just put some gravel around the stem and then cover it. That will insure water doesn't sit there, but I wouldn't worry.

 

[panhead]

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 .

 

[lickalotapus]

Thanks people , im gona give them all an extra boost before flower starts in the next couple of weeks

 

[redeyedfrog]

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 .

That's a awesome technique

 

[freemandrake]

Thanks people , im gona give them all an extra boost before flower starts in the next couple of weeks

Remember drop the N you don't want leafy buds

 

[lickalotapus]

Remember drop the N you don't want leafy buds

My compost is just coco a bit of native soil and dynamic lifter left sitting for a couple of months .cant remember the npk of the dynamic lifter but its pretty balanced .something like 2.5/2/2

 

[ruby fruit]

My mate top dressed with horse shit while it was in veg and he killed the fucker lol

 

[lickalotapus]

My mate top dressed with horse shit while it was in veg and he killed the fucker lol

Fark he must have loaded it on.is he still growing ?

 

[ruby fruit]

Fark he must have loaded it on.is he still growing ?

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]

Haha

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

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]

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

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]

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]

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.

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]

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.

 

[Silky Shagsalot]

i discussed the issue over at Overgrow before the government shut the site down .

boy i miss that site. it was full of good stuff!!!