Quote Originally Posted by bigtopsfinn
This was from the Mandala site.

"Sometimes the seed hull and the inside skin is still attached to or enclosing the leaves. This happens if the seed was not planted deeply enough. Usually the seed hull is detached as the seedling emerges through the substrate." Germination Troubleshooting Guide

It makes sense to me, that the friction between the seed and the dirt while growing upwards would have some effect on detaching it from the cotelydons...

Then again, Rusty makes a good point... Hey shit happens, nothing you could to about it.
Sorry...but I respectfully disagree with the website claims. The hard outer seed cover isn't attached to the inner seed cover, (or it would always come-off with the hard cover) so friction on the outside shell has nothing to do with the inner workings. Only way I can envision it making a difference is in the length of maturity (in days) that the seed is underground. But that's not a friction thing, it's a size/maturity thing.
Rusty Trichome Reviewed by Rusty Trichome on . Seed Sprouting Problem I am currently starting up another round of babies, and there seems to be a bit of a problem on over half of them(30 total). They have all come out of the ground and shed their seed shell. But the ones in question still have a clear "film" holding the cody's together so they cant bloom out. It would be nice if i could just pull the stuff off, but its on there pretty good. They just popped up today so if i can get it off soon, they should be ok, right?? Any reason why this is happening? Never Rating: 5