I Have Never Seen This Before

gospeedracergo

gospeedracergo

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hey all (first time poster but not first grow)

i see this seedling sprout, and its missing a leaf... not sure what to do about it?



now, it came right out of the seed casing like that. its a Lowryder 2, so not sure if it is some genetic issue or what.
 
Kingrow1

Kingrow1

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I not seen many genetical defaults that led to a seedling missing one of the cotyledon leaves. Maybe it is there but shrivelled away, or maybe it is left in the seed casing still, check that. Either way if the first set of true leaves are undamaged and do not show this characteristic i think it will be fine and grow healthy.
 
gospeedracergo

gospeedracergo

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yeah... this weather has been awful. there was no leaf in the casing so not really sure. we will see in the upcoming days what happens with the true leaves... just was wondering if this was somthing that has happened to anyone before

thanks!

(and before someone says "why did you rip the casing off", it pushed out, and opened, and fell on its own, no human interaction in that event)
 
Kingrow1

Kingrow1

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Pics not great but leaf looks like it either was there at one point or it has shrivelled and never formed properly. The plant will be fine, i have pulled a cotyledon leaf of and the seedling grew just fine. You should be able to see the true leaves, although very small, by now? If their there you should be good. If there is one leaf keep it anyway and develop a one leafed strain!lol!
 
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headrushuk

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ive had this problem before some how the other side was inside the shell of mine and the plant died like a 3 days later but ur mite be fine
 
maps84

maps84

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What kingrow said but BTW your soil looks like a bear took a crap in your pot ! you'll have a nasty impermeable crust.
 
goten

goten

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yea ,

its no big deal

1 of my royal hash plants did that and is growing fine now
 
gospeedracergo

gospeedracergo

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yeah, the sun has been out most of the day, and the first leaves are now showing alot more. i was just getting really bumed cuz i was excited to see this Lowryder

on a sidenote, im gonna start some grow logs on these 3 new plants
 
gospeedracergo

gospeedracergo

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masp84 said:
What kingrow said but BTW your soil looks like a bear took a crap in your pot ! you'll have a nasty impermeable crust.
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that could have been what happened, as it was pushing the casing started to cut the leaf, came out, and when the casing fell off, it damaged it and never really properly grew

and yeah, not sure why my soil got hard... like i said, its been really awful weather
 
Kingrow1

Kingrow1

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Cultivate the top layer of soil by digging up the top centimeter to loosen it and aid with even moisture loss and even moisture throughout the soil, this will stop or reduce the crustiness.
 
Kingrow1

Kingrow1

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Cultivating the top layer is oh so important, keeps the soil drying evenly and aids the soil drying. Well done.:)
 
Kingrow1

Kingrow1

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Sorry, by cultivating i mean after a water dig into the top layer of soil and loosen it up, generally there are no or little roots in the top layer of soil so you will not harm the plant, stops the top layer crusting over into a hard inpenetrable surface, allows good airflow etc etc and also allows the soil to evenly dry and no dry pockets in soil. Just good practice to do this and sure most do, just the surface of the pot looked a bit hard and crusty. He already dose it so no worries, farmers do it to their feilds as well to break the soil up before sowing. Did i make sense? You probably already do this yourself if you are in soil.
 
Kingrow1

Kingrow1

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To me it looks like a fine grade seedling soil, i get the same over here but hell he might have just dug it from the garden!lol!
 
gospeedracergo

gospeedracergo

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yeah its seedling soil, use that cuz these babies go in the ground after this

my first grow (3 years ago) was with "normal" garden soil... and by normal it was loam (get a yard of that for my normal gardens) but that year (1st grow) i battled bugs with my plants, never again.

and today, can see an entire first leave... not sure if i see a 2nd though... hopefully she stays

 
maps84

maps84

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Kingrow1 said:
Sorry, by cultivating i mean after a water dig into the top layer of soil and loosen it up, generally there are no or little roots in the top layer of soil so you will not harm the plant, stops the top layer crusting over into a hard inpenetrable surface, allows good airflow etc etc and also allows the soil to evenly dry and no dry pockets in soil. Just good practice to do this and sure most do, just the surface of the pot looked a bit hard and crusty. He already dose it so no worries, farmers do it to their feilds as well to break the soil up before sowing. Did i make sense? You probably already do this yourself if you are in soil.
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Thanks mate! I did instinctively tried to do so but when I saw the small roots I just stop. I need to do this asap for one of my gals so now I know I don't have to be so shy about it. +rep
 
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