UGGH PLEASE HELP. CAN'T FIND ANSWER TO THIS ANYWHERE. ARE THESE ROOTS?

TwistItUp

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If you are looking for companion plants some shrooms might be good, they give off Co2.
http://www.sporelab.com/strains.htm
I've also read about companion plants to mask smell, or to break up hard soil, other plants take nitrogen from the air and put it in the soil, or some have tap roots that go way down deep breaking up clay soil and pulling up nutrients from below. Plants that attract bees can be good because bees I believe will eat caterpillar, and caterpillar are terrible for outdoor cannabis. Cedar might be a good one, moths don't like that. Its the moth's that lay the eggs the caterpillar hatch from. Same idea as using a cedar hanger in a closet. Ceder mulch is a good idea to help hold in moisture during the hot summer months.
 
TwistItUp

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opiumfiend said:
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT THE DEAL WITH THIS IS?

I CAN ONLY ASSUME THEY ARE ROOTS. BUT IF SO, WHY?. THESE BABIES ARE ONLY 8 DAYS OLD SO I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT MY SMALL PLANTER BAGS WOULD BE TOOO SMALL YET. I SHOULD MENTION THAT I HAD A LOT OF ISSUES WITH GERMINATION. I GERMINATED IN A MIX OF JIFFIES AND ROCKWOOL. BUT I MADE LOTS OF COCK UPS LIKE PLANTING THEM UPSIDE DOWN ETC. MAYBE THIS HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE WAY THE ROOTS ARE GROWING.

THE SOIL IS GENERIC SEED RAISING MIX. I JUST CHUCKED A SMALL LAYER OF COCO AND PERLITE ON THE TOP FEW CM TO TRY AND COVER THEM UP BECAUSE I JUST PURCHASED A BAG AS I PLAN ON USING THIS AS MY MEDIUM FOR THE REST OF THE GROW ONE I TRANSPLANT MY SEEDS.

IF SOMEONE COULD PLEASE OFFER SOME ADVICE I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANKS :d

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HERE'S A FAR AWAY PICTURE TO GIVE YOU A SLIGHT IDEA OF THE SIZE OF THE POTS WHICH THEY ARE IN

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Papaver Somniferum sprouting

 
TwistItUp

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Sorry for the thread hijack but. Now it's my turn. Seems like a good place to slip this one in.
What is it? I spilled a bit of soil and they popped up. I see them every year, but right now they seem to like that greenhouse.





 
TwistItUp

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I kill them every year. They grow into this huge leafy green thing. Think I already know what it is but I'm not 100% sure.
 
Red1966

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opiumfiend said:
i had 6 in rockwool which once they germinated and i saw that they were upside down i took them out and put them straight into soil with the taproot facing down. some of the ones i planted in jiffies i also planted upside down but was not able to rearrange them as they were deep in the jiffy and couldn't find them.


i do worry because although i placed them upward when i replanted them, some of the tap roots where all sorts of funny shapes such as u shapes and such in an attempt to correct themselves. so maybe this is responsible for the roots growing in a funny angle even though i straightened the plants up.

maybe it's only the ones in the jiffies which are doing it. i don't think so though. but yea.
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The root comes out and makes a u-turn no matter which way you plant it. If you plant it so the "root end" is down, it will make two u-turns. The "root end" should be up when you plant it.
 
TwistItUp

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Those ivy looking things are the cotyledons of this plant, not the first true leaves. It doesn't have this look when its bigger.
 
opiumfiend

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LetsGetCritical said:
you could cover it up with a bit of cardboard like this then it wont have light to grow and die (maybe)
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haha that is a great picture mate, thanks for your imput ;) haha i think il just leave it for now and track it as time goes on. i did pull some out. the problem seems to have calmed down for now with some of them. the plants are looking very healthy so im still feeling positive. someone who saw them in real life said that, that is normal to happen sometimes in soils and that it shouldn't be to much of an issue. so lets hope so.

it's funny you mentioned poppies because iv been pretty keen to plant some. i planted some a few years back with amazing success. but that was in a different, hotter area of the country :)
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opiumfiend

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TwistItUp said:
ironic your user name is Opiumfeind, at first glance I thought that looks like opium that hasn't yet been culled down to single plants for spacing.
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HOLY SHIT MY FRIEND
ding ding ding you win. i had a break through and solve the puzzle. the container i was using to mix my soil contained poppy seeds. just a small amount coating the edges of the drum from a long time past poppy tea wash ;) that's what it will be. very smart. good chap for noticing that haha :)
 
daemon kronic

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Use a gravel type material to cover top of dirt....or cardboard as already said...or "weed" ur garden... It sux but is better than killing her off...also the gravel will allow roots to form all the way to top of dirt...yay extra root room
 
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