How deep to plant

[thistlebloom]

Silly girl!

 

[897tgigvib]

We'll get a crew over there stat to remove the sheetrock so you can use the hoe in your kitchen.

ps, you aren't using one of those little lightweight hoes are you? Need a good solid hoe to knock that silly light outa the way!

someone find out from digit how to put music on here. I have an awesome new myspace player going!

Ohhh, how could i ever plant pea seeds without listening to rick wakeman's journey to the center of the earth epic album??? circa 1973, mid neolithic...

 

[Rob3nThck7e]

i was actually going to plant one and this really helped. very inspiring.

 

[so lucky]

One what? One hoe? One corn seed?

 

[digitS']

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[catjac1975]

I have grown a lot of tropicals as annuals over the last many years. The one thing many seeds catalogs do not tell you is the trick you need to germinate many uncommon plants. That really annoys me.
I find that the less depth for a seed the better. I barely cover most seeds even the large ones, i.e.. beans, corn etc. Any seed that looks like dust should be just pressed into the soil without covering. Many flowers seeds need chilling or freezing.
With regard to corn flopping over I hill a little soil around them as I weed the young seedlings.

 

[seedcorn]

I will only speak to corn. Planting shallow, will hasten germination. At the sacrifice of production, unless you spoon feed the plant, you will not get the best the genetics have to offer.

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

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and by the way, out of Columbia to boot!

 

[thistlebloom]

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and by the way, out of Columbia to boot!

Columbia Detroit??

 

[Smart Red]

Bulbs like onions, garlic or daffodils, yes it makes a difference.. . . I noticed the stem was going down before it curved up when I was weeding. I have no idea how that one would have developed. And one never really broke through to the surface. The shoot was yellow and curled around under ground.

They onions, garlic, or daffodils will still grow -- stem up and roots down. We checked as part of a school experiment when someone suggested the onion would grow roots up if planted upside down. Nope! As Ridgerunner noted the stem has a bit further to go but it will always head up at the first opportunity. Still, it's best to try to get the root end down or at least sideways. Makes it easier on the plant and makes for a better looking veggie.