No roots??( please don't criticise)

So, I planted this a while ago and there was a taproot which I accidentally damaged the tip of, so I end up having to help it out of its shell. It's a 3 cotyledon, but unfortunately I think it's already done for.. any feedback?

You killed it. Start in soil and this won't happen.

Toasted

Put it in a sandwich

That tap root is its life line, if anything happens to it then it will die, period. Good luck on the next.

I did this once and just pushed that little stem down in the soil. It eventually rooted itself but of course was weeks behind the others in growth. I topped her once and she grew out to the the same height as all her siblings, but they were mainlined and lst'd, so 4 times the size of her. If it's an important seed to you, give her a shot. She may surprise you.

oldfogey420 said:

I did this once and just pushed that little stem down in the soil. It eventually rooted itself but of course was weeks behind the others in growth. I topped her once and she grew out to the the same height as all her siblings, but they were mainlined and lst'd, so 4 times the size of her. If it's an important seed to you, give her a shot. She may surprise you.

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I wouldn't hold my breathe if anything you could dip it in root gel to see if it might do something but tap roots that break often die 98% of the time

It does look like it's already done for, but i'd be patient.

Contrary to popular opinion the tap root isn't essential to bud growth, plants grown from cuttings don't have a traditional tap root yet they still produce large plants which are genetically identical to the mother plant. It may just slow down the process...good luck

A tap root may not be needed for buds.. But it is essential for seedlings... I never touch a sprout.. too tender..

MrTHCCBD said:

It does look like it's already done for, but i'd be patient.

Contrary to popular opinion the tap root isn't essential to bud growth, plants grown from cuttings don't have a traditional tap root yet they still produce large plants which are genetically identical to the mother plant. It may just slow down the process...good luck

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The tap root is not essential for a clone because the "factory" that is a plant has already been established.... And while they aren't TAP roots the clone still has to have roots to continue to live.
The tap root is the root that will provide everything just like the roots from a clone. The seedling has no way of producing the sugars needed to feed the "plant factory".

All this talk about wether or not the tap root is needed, no one is talking about the fact that it struggled and possibly failed to get out of the shell.... Its a week plants and wouldn't be worth all the trouble to help it live..
Toss it and start a few more seeds.

Lordhooha said:

I wouldn't hold my breathe if anything you could dip it in root gel to see if it might do something but tap roots that break often die 98% of the time

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I was just stating that the possibility of this girl pulling through exists, if the seed is important enough to bother with. I never expected it to survive, and so didn't do anything special, not even rooting hormone. Just FFOF soil and ph'd water. She was no longer than 3/4" when she broke, had cotyledons and the first single blade leaves were just starting to poke out. I stuck her back in, and watered and made sure the top of the soil didn't dry out which wasn't hard with a mini solo cup and a 26w cfl.

I have an Emdog flowering right now that had a very small and misshapen tap root when it germinated. It took forever to grow,and I babied it but it is 4 feet tall now and will be harvested this weekend. It's not likely, but some make it.

Yeah, the plants still green, hasn't shown any symptoms of dying out. Idk, it's not doing me any harm, so I'll see how it goes.

This is my other grow so far bout to set her to flowering in 2 weeks (recovering from recent damage)