just a quick question?

[louise]

i suggest everyone reads this. its perhaps the best germination guide i have read.

 

http://www.mandalaseeds.com/Guides/Germination-Guide

 

there other grow guides are very good too

 

Can't say I agree with the guide in total, but I do like this bit...

 

Low humidity in the room does not interfere with germination or healthy seedling growth. Remember: cannabis is not an orchid!

Edited September 10, 2013 by louise

[highestMAN2013]

yea thanks everyone fwih thanks for the link I read that and most of the other guides good info.

now 2 more questions I found a frog in my homemade dirt is this a good thing? and my dirt tends to turn to sloppy mud when over watered? would this be because its crap dirt. take into mind that after a day or so of drying its perfect colour an texture it has been used previously for growing purposes I would appreciate insight or recommendations for products that would help. its all outdoors and basically a semi-organic soil. cheers to anyone who takes the time to read this epic story and offer advice on it (: thankyou

[highestMAN2013]

oh one more thing I've got a seedling with tri-cotyledons <---- (forget how to spell that ) its common yea but bloody weird heap a new growth coming out the top.

[louise]

The correct term for the condition where a seedling sprouts 3 leaves is Whorled Phyllotaxy.

 

Cannabis seeds are dicotyledon (ie seeds made up of a pair of embryonic leaves). A "tri-cotyledon" would require the seed to contain 3 embryonic leaves. This doesn't happen in nature. What you are looking at is a 3rd leaf that has begun to form shortly after germination.

[highestMAN2013]

whats can it be caused by? an im guessing that it wont be worth growing yea oh nd thanks louise for the reply Edited September 12, 2013 by highestMAN2013

[louise]

It's a fairly common genetic mutation. Some grow out of the condition early and veg as usual plants, some fail during the seedling stage and some maintain the whorl through vegetative growth, but lose it at maturity when the growth pattern changes anyway.

 

Just treat it as a normal plant.

Edited September 12, 2013 by louise

[highestMAN2013]

cool thanks louise it looks pretty healthy to me just a bit special

[highestMAN2013]

ok so I understand that whorled phyllotaxy with the di-cotyledons and the tri-cotyledon bieng a common genitic mutation but what if that plant (seedling ) also has a set of 3 true leaves making it a 6 leaved seedling. barely a week old? just going off the pics I've seen and what I've read it looks like only the water leaves mutate into three? anyone with a bit more info? thanks in advance

[forgetiwashere]

dont sweat it man i have 1 plant throwing out 4 branches at a time. its all good if it grows, grow it. cold be a mega yielder with all those extra nodes and bud sites

[louise]

ok so I understand that whorled phyllotaxy with the di-cotyledons and the tri-cotyledon bieng a common genitic mutation but what if that plant (seedling ) also has a set of 3 true leaves making it a 6 leaved seedling. barely a week old? just going off the pics I've seen and what I've read it looks like only the water leaves mutate into three? anyone with a bit more info? thanks in advance

Not quite,  tri cotyledon doesn't exist. The whorled phyllotaxy is a common mutation of the more usual oppositional phyllotaxy. The whorl (or 3 leaves instead of 2 per node) can persist until the plant reaches sexual maturity. At this point the growth normally changes from opposite to alternating phyllotaxy.

 

note: phyllotaxy = the arrangement of leaves around a stem.

Edited September 14, 2013 by louise