Timeline for Why has the stem of my chili plant split?
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| Jul 16, 2014 at 7:18 | vote | accept | DMA57361 | ||
| Jul 16, 2014 at 5:47 | answer | added | Laughing_Jack | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 16, 2014 at 4:28 | history | edited | J. Musser | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 16, 2014 at 4:27 | answer | added | J. Musser | timeline score: 5 | |
| May 23, 2014 at 1:56 | comment | added | Deirdra Strangio | One other comment, you can do this with just about all nightshade family plants, bury the stem below the soil line and the will sprout roots and make the split part of the stem more stable as it grows bigger/taller. Also to make the pepper plant grow out (if you do not have flowers yet) is to top it. The plant will shoot out 2 or more main stems from where the top was cut. | |
| May 20, 2014 at 10:36 | comment | added | DMA57361 | As a follow up, the plant with the split stem seems to be have continued growing without any apparent ill effects. Having been repotted in the meantime it's now a good 30cm or 40cm tall or so and seems fine. | |
| May 2, 2014 at 19:02 | comment | added | Deirdra Strangio | Looks like maybe too much water and the stem burst? | |
| Apr 30, 2014 at 14:47 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackGardening/status/461517157483159553 | ||
| Apr 30, 2014 at 7:46 | history | asked | DMA57361 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |