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Plants falling over

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Um, I think my garden is a bit too friable. Am I supposed to be packing the earth in around the plants when I plant them?

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So what's the story?
Yep. Tamp it down well with your hands. If it's still really, really loose, you might even try walking on it. The top should be soft enough that you can dig through the top of it with your hands, but not loose enough to scatter if you run your hands through it. An inch or two down, you could dig through it with your fingers if you really try, but hard enough that you don't really want to
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Heh.
I really hope those cucumbers survive until Friday, cause I have *no* time until then.

Looks like I'll be starting another group of seeds....
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Actually, it occurs to me, what happened is the plants were fine, then the lower portion of the stem went hair thin. I don't think falling over is actually the problem, I think the problem is whatever caused half of the stem to become a hair instead of a nice thick tube.
Oh yes - what makes the stems do that??? all my sunflower seedligns fell over, and I haven't even put em outside yet.
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sounds like damping off maybe.

here are a couple of links. see if you think they describe your problem. if so you probably do need to start over. i don't think you csan reverse damping off, but the links have some tips for prevention.

http://www.planetnatural.com/site/xd...mping-off.html

http://www.backyardgardener.com/organic/feb02.htm

http://www.ghorganics.com/page15.html
Sigh.... well, I guess I'm off to sprinkle cinnamon on the currently growing seeds.
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