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edweather

Potting up watermelon seedlings...how deep?

edweather USDA 9a, HZ 9, Sunset 28
12 years ago

I'm potting up some watermelon seedlings. Do I need to maintain the natural soil level, or can I bury them deeper? There's about 4" of stem showing and they're on their second set of true leaves. Thanks.

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