pinching out!!???

[stocko75]

can any one help? i pulled the two big leaves off my cuc plant as i thought this was pinching out?? sorry to be so dumb! it just wilted the next day!! my 1st year on lottie by the way as if u never gussed!!

[stocko75]

[manicscousers]

anything left in the middle, or growing point, if you can see some shoots, you may be ok, if not, plant another one..we all learn by doing daft things  ;D

[stocko75]

the stem is there!! oh well, i bought the plant anyway, my seeds have turned into small plants about 2 inches, is there anything  i need to do??

[manicscousers]

wait a while, the plants will come on..I've transplanted mine into bigger pots,four days ago,  the roots were starting to come out the bottom ..they've really come on since then  :)

[stocko75]

thanks. do i need to do anything to the plats as they get bigger apart from potting on?

[manicscousers]

are you leaving them in pots or planting out?

[stocko75]

i wuld like to plant them out ideally*would!

[manicscousers]

leave them 'til after the frosts..I just keep putting them in bigger pots then
dig a hole, fill it with muck, cover and make a mound with the soil, plant on the top of the mound, only a slight one, it keeps the neck dry, they're prone to rotting off..hope this helps
possibly someone else will have more ideas  :)

[stocko75]

 thank you for your advice, should i o same with toms?

[manicscousers]

na, they don't need the mound, just a stake to hold them up, and pinching the side shoots out, hope you get a good harvest  :)

[ninnyscrops]

Another question about pinching out.    Why do we pinch out sweet peas and not garden peas?    :-\
Probably a daft question but would just like to know..........