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I planted 3 germinated seeds the other day into a 8 inch diameter pot. Looking at it today after about 24 hours it seems like the tap roots are looking good and are deep into the soil, what i am curious about is if the seed should be at the top of the soil or not. 2 of the seeds seem to have breached the soil and are just sitting at the top with their tap roots deep into the soil. Should i place some soil over these seeds or just let them be?
Thanks.
You should have buried them 1 to 2 inches deep not laid them on top of the soil.
I suggest doing a search for gemination and read, read, read. to get a good grow.
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OK so you goofed a little no big deal....
Get some more soil or whatever your growing in and cover those seeds a little more. The last thing you want is your Roots exposed to too much light espically at that stage.As wll be careful those little seeds are very fragile at this stage so try not to move them at all just add a bit of soil ontop of em.
good luck and it wouldn't hurt to do a bit of reading seeing as you have beans in the soil now. You can never be too prepared when it comes to growing.
Its like anything Its easier to prevent a problem rather than fixing it after it has happened.
kd
First, one seed per pot. Second, what you're seeing is normal. Generally you germ a seed, plant it under about 1/3 of an inch of soil and when the tap root grows down it also kinda pushes your seed up. Don't recover it with more dirt, you'd just be taking steps back. All they need now is time.
Early on you'll just have a stem sticking out of the ground with a seed casing on it. Your seedling leaves (cotyledons) will start to grow and those will push the seed off. Sometimes if the seed is just sitting on the two leaves and is no longer connected to anything I'll gently take it off using a toothpick.
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Originally Posted by Orzy
Hes right I miss read the inital post.
:stoned:I thought the seed was sitting ontop of the soil. :stoned:
Srry
kd
Sorry,
After reading over the initial thread again, I too was wrong.
It read like he was placing a germinated seed on top of the soil.
This is spot on for soil propagation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Orzy
However, if you just left them on the top of the soil then yes, you will want to cover JUST the white root-tip. Don't bother covering the seed shell because as stated by Orzy, it's completely redundant...
The only thing I HIGHLY reccommend is that you put a moderate level of air-flow over your plant to induce heavier rooting. Caution though, as your roots will literally shoot straight down to the bottom of your pot when you apply strong air-flow. So plan on transplanting sooner than expected. You might also want to increase watering after the plant is on it's first clove of leaves. (pointy leaves) [not the very first set of propagationary leaves but the next set.]
Alrighty...the 3 seeds turned into nice sprouts, they got their first 2 leaves with the first set of clove leaves coming out. Got a new question now though, they sprouted pretty close to one another and i'm wondering when i should replant them. They are very close, maybe about 1 inch from eachother.
They are to young to touch them now. But when they get older there roots will intertwine. Then when you try to separate them you will tear the roots up and possibly kill them all.
Maybe if you leave them alone and put them in a BIG pot you will be ok.
Lets see what everyone else has to say.
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