Fu Manchu
Did some tomatoes like this. Still resisting the urge to run out and undo my work
when I saw this topic I was going to say I have never heard it done with anything except tomatoes before. Aparently it works great with toms
Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Deep Planting 21Oct 06, 2010 10:11 pm Fu Manchu Did some tomatoes like this. Still resisting the urge to run out and undo my work when I saw this topic I was going to say I have never heard it done with anything except tomatoes before. Aparently it works great with toms Re: Deep Planting 22Oct 06, 2010 10:36 pm I have planted tomatoes beyond the original soil level before by removing the lower leaf pairs first, but this is a bit different. It's a technique and the plants are planted much deeper than that. www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: Deep Planting 23Oct 06, 2010 11:17 pm I Planted all but the top nodes in the ground. Would have about 4-6 nodes planted deep. Just had a look and I only planted them on Friday I think it was!!!!! I thought it was two weeks! I cram a fair bit into my time! No wonder it seems like weeks. I have the sort of growth I'd expect with two weeks that is for sure. Organic compost, heavy layer of peastraw. Worm wee. Seamungus. There are a heap of worms in the soil in the pot as well but they were there before I have also planted basil in the pot (It's a big pot) and that is growing as it always does for me. Better than most but normal for me Re: Deep Planting 24Oct 07, 2010 8:21 am Great! Sounds exciting. Should be interesting to see the results. Maybe they'll be GIANT toms! I started putting herbs in yesterday too. Couldn't believe the amount if worms in the soil . www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: Deep Planting 25Oct 07, 2010 9:53 am We accidentally did this with an alyogyne hugelli (sp?) because we pulled out a much larger plant from our landscaper (magnolia little gem in 45L bag) and put a 20cm pot in the same hole. It had a really large stem so we just covered it up. Growing probably the best out of all our front garden plants! After 4 years - we're in! Re: Deep Planting 26Oct 07, 2010 11:36 am Fu Manchu Good luck getting the Murraya to get going from a cutting! That is for fellas in lab coats to take care of for us . Why's that Fu? I've gotten quite alot of plants to establish roots from a cutting. Infact, My father taught me the method when I was a kid. He does it quite a lot, Infact, his whole garden has been basically grown from cuttings of plants that he likes. He often comes to my house and snips off plants he thinks look nice, and then grows them in his garden! hehe. I've succesfully gotten Murraya to establish roots from a cutting....It just takes a while so I wanted to speed up the process. I dont see why deep planting wouldnt work from a cutting...the root system should still establish from all parts of the burried cutting... Re: Deep Planting 27Oct 07, 2010 8:18 pm Murraya's are extremely hard to get going from cuttings. Nearly all WA growers get them in from Qld and grow them on here from little tiny tissue cultures because getting the bloody things to take is so time consuming and expensive and not to mention unsuccessful. It takes men and women in lab coats to get them going in big numbers in the right conditions. I have tried nearly 1000 in my back garden and never had them take in a controlled mini commercial environment. I can get loads of things to go from cuttings and seed but Murrayas are an elusive trophy for many over here You have done well to get them to go. However this is off topic and relating to cuttings and not deep planting. Re: Deep Planting 29Jan 05, 2011 5:36 pm My tomato's have gone absolutely mental!!! Amazing! 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Deep Planting 31Jan 19, 2011 1:55 pm Glad someone bumped this up as it's quite an interesting technique. I read the Gardening Australia article that Fu linked and loved the method of planting lavender cuttings: Megan strips the bottom leaves off the cutting which is approximately 25cm long. She inserts a spade into the ground, pushes the handle forward to create a gap in the soil and drops the cutting in as far as it will go. She removes the spade head and firms the soil around the cutting with her foot - "Planted!" Now that's my kind of gardening Re: Deep Planting 32Jan 20, 2011 3:48 pm Starting to rethink this myself as I am now in the new place and considering the garden again. I was given a Eucalyptus pauciflora 'Frosty' (Edna Walling 'Little Snowman') as a gift, and it has a slight kink near the base of the trunk (might be grafted?). At the moment, it is probably 1m tall (8" pot), and only has a couple of sparse branches at the top, but leaves most of the way down the trunk. Wondering if people think it will still work only deep planting about an extra 6-8" of the trunk? Or if eucalypts will work period? Some people don't have time to do the job right the first time, but seem to have plenty of time to fix their mistakes. Build Thread Re: Deep Planting 33Jan 21, 2011 12:28 pm Hi Richi - I have a similar question with the goodia lotifolia I bought on Monday. It's tubestock, currently planted at same level in the soil, but has an additional 40cm or so above this before there are any leaves. Only cost $2.95, so it's not like I would be losing much financially if it went wrong, but not sure if this type of plant would work either? I guess there would be no harm in trying and it might get a good start! Re: Deep Planting 34Jan 21, 2011 4:11 pm My biggest issue is that it was a gift, and hence really don't want to kill it! Argh, these modern practices have got me in two minds. Some people don't have time to do the job right the first time, but seem to have plenty of time to fix their mistakes. Build Thread Re: Deep Planting 35Jan 21, 2011 4:49 pm I know - could you imagine how bad you'd feel if it didn't work? Is that helping? Re: Deep Planting 36Jan 21, 2011 11:51 pm Richo, If it's grafted and you deep plant the graft then I believe you have lost the benefit of the rootstock as now your roots will be eminating from above the graft ie = ungrafted. (Is this right Fu Pah??) Re: Deep Planting 37Jan 22, 2011 1:42 am With other plants it doesn't really work with tube stock. It is more to do with 175mm and 200mm plus pot sizes for rehab plantings. They will drop them right down and the roots are where the subsoil moisture is straight away. It's just that tomatoes also love the concept You'll get a huge root system and then a huge crop Many grafted tomatoes aren't really gradfted so well. I have never had more fruit from a grafted compared with a regular one. Just plant him in great soil and as you normally would Richo. It will be fine. 5x 1.8m stakes around it and you're ready Re: Deep Planting 38Jan 22, 2011 2:43 am I have a nice tall grevillea going in soon. I have a heavy clay and some fairly testing conditions (hot / dry + cold damp) with a C horizon of dense compacted clays so hard a pick won't break it. Will give it a go - meh what's $12 dollars for science... Re: Deep Planting 39Feb 02, 2011 3:49 pm I forgot to post this link I came across last week: http://www.yuruga.com.au/archives/deep-planting-a-north-queensland-perspective/ |