Trimming wilted leaves off seedling?

My plants are about a week and a half old... I planted 9 seeds and all germinated, but 4 were rather slower than the other 5. I had them growing in an aeroponic setup and one night my electricity went out, causing my system to turn off for about 3 hours-4 hours. 4 of my plants started to dry out/wilt, i was able to semi-recover 2 of them though.

My question is, on one of the plants i recovered, first set of true leaves are now wilted and dried out, but there are more leaves that seem to be growing fine. SHould I trim off the dead/wilted leaves and let the younger leaves grow? or should i just leave them on there and they will eventually come back?

Any help is appreciated, thanks.

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keep the leaves if they are not all the way burnt/dry. if it is over half of the leaf then cut it

Leaving wilted leaves on the plant will never hurt the plant. Removing them prematurely is purely asthetic and in some cases can damage your plant. In fact, leaving them on is slightly better, because the decomposition of the leaves emits small amounts of CO2. Very small amounts, and hardly enough to make any difference, but still.......

MrIntricate said:

Leaving wilted leaves on the plant will never hurt the plant. Removing them prematurely is purely asthetic and in some cases can damage your plant. In fact, leaving them on is slightly better, because the decomposition of the leaves emits small amounts of CO2. Very small amounts, and hardly enough to make any difference, but still.......

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in substantial amounts wilted leaves will block light and reduce ventilation between branches of the plant.
other wise i dont really care about em getting taken off. my plants are bushy enough that i can spare 1/3 of them if i chose to.

Cool! I can honestly say that i learn something knew here each time I visit.
Interesting. I also wouldn't take off any leaves this early in the stage.
Good luck with your grow. isn't it fun?

MrIntricate said:

Leaving wilted leaves on the plant will never hurt the plant. Removing them prematurely is purely asthetic and in some cases can damage your plant. In fact, leaving them on is slightly better, because the decomposition of the leaves emits small amounts of CO2. Very small amounts, and hardly enough to make any difference, but still.......

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