JiggiLotus
Well-Known Member
I always try not to pat the soil down too much, I sometimes feel if the soils too compressed in the container it makes it a little more difficult for the tap root to tap. And if you can't go down...I see it in rapid rooters and artificial substrates. The tap can't push the substrate out of the way to rotate, so it pushes itself up and out trying to turn.
In soil, the soil just moves out of the way and the sprout rotates and pops up, if you got your planting depth correct. Too shallow and it may still rotate up and out.