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Post by daylilydude on Nov 7, 2017 13:02:11 GMT -5
Do you plant your peppers deeper up the stem like you do with tomatoes tomatoes?
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Post by ladymarmalade on Nov 7, 2017 14:14:27 GMT -5
No.
I do plant them a little deeper than what their soil line was in the pot, but not by much. Tomatoes will generate roots all along the stem that gets buried underground- peppers do not do the same thing.
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Post by spike on Nov 7, 2017 18:26:11 GMT -5
I might plant them a tad deeper if they are spindly but usually it isn't an issue or necessary.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Nov 7, 2017 20:25:41 GMT -5
If there's quite a bit of bare stem, I'll bury some of the stem, but I don't usually bother. Definitely would not strip any leaves, as I often do with tomatoes.
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Post by aqua on Nov 8, 2017 7:48:30 GMT -5
I often have poor success with peppers, no matter how much I try. Shallow or deep seeding, fertilizing often or rare, full sun or shade, trimming or letting grow wild- I appreciate the answers here.
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Post by paulf on Nov 8, 2017 8:19:23 GMT -5
At the dirt line from the starting pot. During the transplant stage when the two true leaves show, they get planted deeper, up to the leaves but when transplanted outdoors no deeper than what it is in the pot.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Nov 8, 2017 9:59:19 GMT -5
aqua, have you checked your pepper plants' roots for nematodes? I gave up on in-ground peppers (and tomatoes and eggplants) years ago because of them. You might try buying or making a SIP to see how it works for peppers. Mine do great in them. But back the question in the OP, I don't plant peppers deep. I might plant them a bit deeper if they are leggy or need to be stabilized, but most of the time I keep the soil level about the same as it was in the seedling container.
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Post by aqua on Nov 8, 2017 16:13:28 GMT -5
Laura_in_FL, yes I have problems with root knot nematodes here, even with the crabshell. I just learned about Earth Buckets (global bucket) from here a few days ago, so I may try that. Answering the question posed here (which I realized I did not answer) I try to transplant the pepper babies at the same depth as they were in the seed tray. They get a TP roll around them to prevent the cutworms.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Nov 9, 2017 10:05:06 GMT -5
BTW, I've never had a cutworm problem in a global bucket/Earthbox/other SIP. Not saying it's impossible, but I've never had it happen.
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