Planting out seedlings

[sweet-pea]

I've just read a piece of advice in one of the tomato threads about planting up to the first pair of true leaves when transplanting the seedlings out to their final position.  I was wondering whether this should be done for all seedlings?

[sweet-pea]

[tim]

Certainly I put brassica in deep.

[Rosyred]

Tim so do you put the first leaves under the soil or take them off? and then have the soil right upto the true leaves? I ask as my cabbages are a bit leggy and they will be going into the ground soon.

[Svea]

plant deep:
tomatoes and other nightshades
brassicas

dont plant deep: courgette/cucs, basil

please add to that list as you see fit, people. some plants wont be planted deep as they are likely to rot

[sweet-pea]

Thanks for the advice Tim and Svea, my brassica are also quite leggy so will remember to plant them deep tomorrow.

[Mrs Ava]

I plant corn a little deeper also, and beans.

[redimp]

Beans, tomatoes and all brassicas love being planted deep.

[Rosyred]

Lucky I came across this before my cabbage went in or the would of fallen over.  So i'll put them in right up to the first true leave. Only grew 6 greyhound cabbages and they all came up.

[Pigface51]

Umm....any advice on Celery seedlings?

[supersprout]

Celery seedlings:

Make a trench
Pop in the seedlings (same depth as in pot)
Plant lettuce on the top of the mounds at the side
When the lettuce has cropped and the celery leaves are waving over the top of the trench, fill it in!

Or if it's self blanching, forget all the trenching and lettuce bit :-X ;)

[Svea]

yah, i plant my celery level, not deeper.