Accidentally broke off a bit of the taproot

mixchemical

Active Member

• Apr 21, 2016

• #1

So, my seedling has grown it's taproot through the bottom of the rockwool it's placed in. However when I put her down, I accidentally broke about 5mm of the taproot that came out of the rockwool.

Is that plant screwed now or what? :/

 

hellmutt bones

Well-Known Member

• Apr 21, 2016

• #2

mixchemical said:

So, my seedling has grown it's taproot through the bottom of the rockwool it's placed in. However when I put her down, I accidentally broke about 5mm of the taproot that came out of the rockwool.

Is that plant screwed now or what? :/

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Totally screwed!!


Lol just kidding.. it will be fine.

 

mixchemical

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• Apr 21, 2016

• #3

hellmutt bones said:

Totally screwed!!


Lol just kidding.. it will be fine.

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Hurr hurr, it was the strongest of my three sedlings but well, since it's only about 4 days old, it's still quite fragile.

 

TheLemon

Well-Known Member

• Apr 21, 2016

• #4

Yeah i've done this before, they don't even realise, continue shooting that root like it was nothing

 

mixchemical

Active Member

• Apr 21, 2016

• #5

TheLemon said:

Yeah i've done this before, they don't even realise, continue shooting that root like it was nothing

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Sounds good because it got transplanted into soil today! So hopefully a bit of nutes in the soil will give it a bit of an extra push!

 

TheLemon

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• Apr 21, 2016

• #6

Are you adding liquid nutes or is the soil already fertilized?

 

whitebb2727

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• Apr 21, 2016

• #7

It will be fine. I break roots all the time when people give me flowers or whatnot.

 

mixchemical

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• Apr 21, 2016

• #8

TheLemon said:

Are you adding liquid nutes or is the soil already fertilized?

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The soil already contains elements like peat moss etc, nothing chemical. I'm not adding any nutes for about 3-4 weeks.

 

TheLemon

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• Apr 21, 2016

• #9

I recently used canna pro and my seedlings loved the stuff

 

mixchemical

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• Apr 21, 2016

• #10

TheLemon said:

I recently used canna pro and my seedlings loved the stuff

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I've got biobizz but will hold off for a while, since the soil contains nutes in itself no need to risk overfertilizing before the roots have set in good and well.