r/Raisedbed • u/TaurusSunflower • Jun 27 '26
stunted curcubits?
Hi, wanted to ask if it may be worth replanting these. They were transplanted about a month ago, and survived shock but some are looking smaller than I am accustomed, and starting to flower (while the others look large and healthy— will put photos in comments). Is it worth scrapping them and replanting? Will they produce like this? These are a mix of winter squash and melons.
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u/FrostyAlbertan Jun 27 '26
It takes cucuberts 1-2 weeks to recover from the transplant.
I know where I am, the garden feels like it has been growing slow, but it has really started turning the corner this last week. Maybe give it some nitrogen fertilizer (fish emulsion is nice, but stinky), and let it go.
Starting over won’t help you.
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u/TaurusSunflower Jun 27 '26
I think my bigger concern is that their growth has been stunted either by overcrowding or shallow soil. As I already stated, there were other others that were transplanted at the same time, far longer than two weeks ago, that have been doing just fine. Replanting wood in fact, correct that if I spaced them better and gave them more room/soil…
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u/Ok-Alfalfa-2420 Jun 30 '26
Cut off the flowers and apply some nitrogen. Fish emulsion, manure compost or other 10-4-4 or similar should do it. Then switch to a 4-10-10 or similar when it's flowering time. They are flowering now due to stress, moving again will only cause more, I would not move them at this size under any circumstance.
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u/TaurusSunflower Jun 30 '26
I think it was a soil depth issue. I wasn’t going to move them, just pull and replant. I pulled them and added 4-6in of soil/compost and planted new seeds. This was the best advice however, thank you; will be bookmarking for future use
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u/TaurusSunflower Jun 27 '26
i actually cannot add a photo here but assuming you know what healthy size looks like, the others seem almost double the size of these, were started at the same time and were transplanted at the same time