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Seedling weird colours, whats wrong with it?

Roxie_xx
Roxie_xxstarted grow question 3 years ago
My seedling just sprouted and its a weird colour. I've never seen this and I've grown 3 plants previously. I was curious what people thought it could be.. Its planted in all mix, used straight to soil for germination , the leaves haven't opened either yet
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Plant. Stem - Red or purple
Setup. Seedling
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 3 years ago
Completely natural and of no concern. I have been growing plants for 35+ years and the red stem is fairly common. The cotyledons/baby leaves will open soon enough, but transplanting the seedling from the old can might be troublesome. Your seedlings are at their most vulnerable and also at the most important stage of life, as what happens in the earliest days will determine the entire future health of your plant. Starting them in old tin cans is probably not the best way to enter into this world. Plastic pots are cheap and if looked after, will last many years. And while I am giving you a hard time about the tin can, if asking questions in the future, your photography skills will need a bit of practice! You do however get bonus points for taking them in normal light! Hope this helps,....... Organoman.
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Roxie_xx
Roxie_xxanswered grow question 3 years ago
Its a challenge, I do have proper pots lol 😆 No its just a bad angle and my shitty phone 🙃 if you look on my other diaries the pictures are better.
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Experimentgreen
Experimentgreenanswered grow question 3 years ago
Hi I've had a few seedlings that had a more pale, or pinkish tint to their stems. Sometimes it might be that it's a weak seed(a dud sort of), but typically it'll grow out of it. It looked like the top where cotyledons will be is getting a faint greenish tone? Id just give it time and hope it pulls out of this...it may take longer than an average seedling though so be patient. The only other things I could think of is contamination from reusing containers if they're not sterile, soil that might be contaminated if it's old(been sitting around open for a while), or double checking that ph is accurate(i usually recalibrate my pens now every month because I had some big disasters from inaccurate ph). Good luck. Keep faith and be patient.✌
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