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can i pinch first set of true leaves?
- Thread starter lek
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lek said:i grow a lot of flowers and i can pinch first set of true leaves. i wonder whether i can do the same thing with pepper seedling or not.
so i do experiment with 7pot bbg.
here's the result.
look like it's a YES for pepper seedling.
Keep us up to date on this - I'd be interested to see how the plant grows out. I assume it will fork immediately, but I will definitely follow this.
Thanks for experimenting!
i am also interested to see how this plant grows. it looks like the growing medium is very wet. was it just watered?
Usually, they recommend topping later (so that the plant can continue photosynthesis, without using its stored energy to form new leaves). Growth is already so slow during the seedling stage. Older plants recover from pruning faster and are less vulnerable to disease and environmental conditions during this stressful time.
There's a guy with a video channel who lets them grow 6-7 leaf sets, then removes the whole shoot above the first true leaf set (just to get this same shape, but an older plant with more root mass).
Lek, your seedling is in worm castings?
It got the trichoderma treatment too?
There's a guy with a video channel who lets them grow 6-7 leaf sets, then removes the whole shoot above the first true leaf set (just to get this same shape, but an older plant with more root mass).
Lek, your seedling is in worm castings?
It got the trichoderma treatment too?
i didn't water the seedling because the tray is outdoor and there is rain every day. so YES, it's overwatering every day. if seedlings are not strong enough, it will die very quickly.luvmesump3pp3rz said:
i'm in BKK. there is rain every day, especially at night.Caranx said:
in this experiment, nopeMr. West said:
my growing media made from selaginella kraussiana and some other organic matter.
yes. + photosynthesis bacteria.Mr. West said:
Lek whats going on with this pinched pepper plant?lek said:i grow a lot of flowers and i can pinch first set of true leaves. i wonder whether i can do the same thing with pepper seedling or not.
so i do experiment with 7pot bbg.
here's the result.
look like it's a YES for pepper seedling.
I never said I thought it was a good idea but I am still pretty curious to see what happensGeonerd said:Where on Earth do people get these loony ideas?
Yea, the plant has just spent ALL its energy germinating and building those two big leaves.
And whacking them off is supposed to give it mutant superpowers or something?
glad they arent my plants.