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Put the seed in a paper towel, put it in a plastic zip bag, dripped some water in, closed it, put it in my cutlery drawer for a week. I could see it sprout by holding up against light to see the silhouette, but it looked a bit strange. It seemed to me that the root immediatly had split into two.
As I planted it, I didn't really understand what I was planting. There was the seed with some root coming out. Ok. But then there was something that looked like a tiny sprout with a root end and a leaf end. I planted both. So now I wait with curiousity. Will one sprout up, or maybe two?
Day 25
Planted them both in the big pot. Maybe I should have only planted big sister, as she is the only one I really have hopes for, and now their roots will compete.
Should I remove fan leaves from my auto flower? I wonder since it is so crowded, I worry a bit that the leaves are pressing against the buds. But maybe that isn't a problem? I've read that removing leaves is unnecessary and stressful for the plant.
I don't believe in defoliation at all.
The plant "knows" what it is doing.
Besides, if it would not need those leaves, it would not grow them in the first place!
Remember too.........ALL of the plants energy to grow (the buds) is made in/by the leaves.
Less leaves = less energy being made = less potential growth.
It really is that simple!
35-40 years ago when I first started growing, people told me that removing leaves would "let more light onto the flowers and they would grow more", so naturally I tried it many times.
Then an old Hippy saw my plants one day and couldn't cope with what he saw, he was absolutely disgusted with what I had done.
So he told me to grow two plants, one untouched and one defoliated, which I did.
After this I never defoliated again!
HerbHare
