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| Hey Folks,
Have started seeds previously with window light and it resulted in leggy little failures. This year I upgraded and got some shelves and installed some lights and tried to do it right. I have had great luck with tomatoes and peppers, zinnias, cabbage. All doing well. I had good germination on my broccoli and cauliflower and have potted them up to 4" pots (after some true leaves showed up). Here's my dilemma. My cabbages look great, they are not as big yet since I started them a bit later but they have a nice looking habit right now. My broccoli and cauliflower are a different story. They emerge from the ground to where the seed leaves were and then they sort of take a 90 degree bend. They are alive and look otherwise healthy to me. I have attached a picture for your benefit...
I have looked at the greenhouse as well as at some google result images for broccoli seedlings and they usually seem to come right up, straight for the sky. What do you suggest to avoid my issue in the future? I had my lights nice and close (1-2 inches). I did not have any fans until yesterday so is air circulation the issue? I have them on my landing and have measured the temps...it's really consistently 65 degrees out there. Thoughts? Suggestions? Can I pot up and plant them deeper to help them go straight for the sky? Thanks, Rene |
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| I've had the same experience with my broccoli every time I've grown it. I did plant them a little deeper when transplanting the seedlings inside. When planted out, they eventually sprawled in a similar way. But they were otherwise large and healthy. I wouldn't worry about it. I always grew Packman. It may be that other hybrids are more upright. |
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| I was going to ask the same question about my radishes and chard, which did the exact same thing. I'm wondering if theres some missing micronutrient in the soil. But I can say that with the chard, which were sort of laboring when they were all bent to the side, I piled up some soil/compost mix around them so that it supported them straight and they had that skinny crooked bit supported with soil, and the week after doing that they really just grew like crazy. Its not scientific research, but on my experience I'd try to add another half inch of soil to the top and help straighten them out. |
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| Rene - you can plant Brassicas deeper when they go out into the garden. It will support them and they are able to root from the stem. Here's a discussion from a while back. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Planting Brassicas
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- Posted by doggonegardener Wyoming, Zone 4 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 25, 12 at 10:05
| flora uk, thanks! that's what i needed to know. couldn't seem to find it on my own. much appreciate everyone's replies. ne |
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