Dug up seedling by accident

3picdc

Member

• Jan 31, 2015

• #1

I made a mistake, I accidentally exposed the root to a couple day old seedling and had to touch it to fix it. Do you think it will live. Just happened a few minutes ago. I am an idiot lol

 

Silky Shagsalot

Well-Known Member

• Jan 31, 2015

• #2

prob. fine...

 

3picdc

Member

• Jan 31, 2015

• #3

Okay thank you! I am freaking out.

 

3picdc

Member

• Jan 31, 2015

• #4

The weird thing is the white tap root is growing sideways then down. Is this normal? goes about half an inch before going down, and those roots that go down are thin. I am a noob so I do apologize. The seedling looks with green leaves though.

 

Fease

Well-Known Member

• Jan 31, 2015

• #5

Might stunt it's growth for a minute, but as long as you didnt rip a bunch of roots off you'll be good like silky said.

 

Fease

Well-Known Member

• Jan 31, 2015

• #6

The root will find it's way downward, as long as it's in the soil its gravy.

 

3picdc

Member

• Jan 31, 2015

• #7

Thanks for the reply! Makes since gravity will take over.

 

sunni

Administrator

Staff member

• Jan 31, 2015

• #8

its a plant...relax
no honestly, people freak out too much about weed plants..just be kind liek you would any other
Plants are very resilient , obviously if you pick it up and chop it up and serve it in a salad it isnt going to live, but minor little things are no reason to panic!

enjoy ! and welcome to riu

 

LetsGetCritical

Well-Known Member

• Jan 31, 2015

• #9

it will probably die because of the toxic oil and bacteria on your hand

 

3picdc

Member

• Feb 1, 2015

• #10

To anyone wondering, although it has only been a day. The seedling looks good, the leaves have doubled in size, so I imagine it is fine cause it grew quite a bit overnight.

 

Fease

Well-Known Member

• Feb 1, 2015

• #11

Awesome!

 

Grow4you

Well-Known Member

• Feb 2, 2015

• #12

3picdc said:

The weird thing is the white tap root is growing sideways then down. Is this normal? goes about half an inch before going down, and those roots that go down are thin. I am a noob so I do apologize. The seedling looks with green leaves though.

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Totally normal, as you now can see the seed has done it's thing and worked it's way to the surface. With the new growth happening on your seedling it doesn't look like you touching it has caused any damage. Good luck growing!