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Ivannn Citruholic
Joined: 14 May 2009 Posts: 174 Location: Bologna, Italy
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Posted: Sun 10 Feb, 2013 11:37 am |
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In my experience, all citrus seedling that I germinated started with a little stem with no visible presence of leaves, than the first 2 leaves slowly developed at the tip of the little stem and so on.
I recently germinated a seedling that came up from the dirth with the first 2 leaves almost completely formed. I wasn't even sure it was a citrus seedling, but based on the smell of the leaves I no longer have any doubts.
In your experience have someone of you guys ever seen something like that? |
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Laaz Site Owner
Joined: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 5642 Location: Dorchester County, South Carolina
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Posted: Sun 10 Feb, 2013 11:43 am |
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That is normal. The first two leaves to develop are small rounded leaves. After that the plant will start to produce normal leaves. _________________ Wal-Mart a great place to buy cheap plastic crap ! http://walmartwatch.com/ ...
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Laaz Site Owner
Joined: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 5642 Location: Dorchester County, South Carolina
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Posted: Sun 10 Feb, 2013 12:00 pm |
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_________________ Wal-Mart a great place to buy cheap plastic crap ! http://walmartwatch.com/ ...
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GregMartin Citruholic
Joined: 12 Jan 2011 Posts: 265 Location: southern Maine, zone 5/6
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Posted: Sun 10 Feb, 2013 1:31 pm |
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Ivannn, can you post a picture?
Laaz, the picture in your link shows the cotyledons (seed leaves), along with a shoot that has the first true leaves forming at the tip. I think that's what Ivannn normally sees, maybe with the cotyledons below the soil surface if the seeds were planted deeper. Ivannn, did you mean cotyledons or that this plant's first true leaves started out already formed in the seed such that they open right out? If so, I've never seen that before in citrus, but I do see it in other plants like beans.
Also, I noticed your up to 3 n's in Ivan, Ivannn...has it always been that long, or are you adding n's? |
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Ivannn Citruholic
Joined: 14 May 2009 Posts: 174 Location: Bologna, Italy
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Posted: Sun 10 Feb, 2013 3:50 pm |
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GregMartin wrote: | Ivannn, can you post a picture?
Laaz, the picture in your link shows the cotyledons (seed leaves), along with a shoot that has the first true leaves forming at the tip. I think that's what Ivannn normally sees, maybe with the cotyledons below the soil surface if the seeds were planted deeper. Ivannn, did you mean cotyledons or that this plant's first true leaves started out already formed in the seed such that they open right out? If so, I've never seen that before in citrus, but I do see it in other plants like beans.
Also, I noticed your up to 3 n's in Ivan, Ivannn...has it always been that long, or are you adding n's? |
Greg, the example of the bean matches perfectly what I wanted to say with my post. Unfortunately I have no picture of the germination phase, but I can attach a pic of the seedling today
Maybe the 2 leaves are just kind of big, but I see nothing really unusual at this stage of growth |
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Ivannn Citruholic
Joined: 14 May 2009 Posts: 174 Location: Bologna, Italy
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Posted: Sun 24 Feb, 2013 2:06 pm |
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Actually there something that's not very typical in this seedling. The thing is more noticeable now than in the pic I posted, the 2 first leaves are not at the same height on the stem, one is more or less 1cm above the other. |
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Laaz Site Owner
Joined: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 5642 Location: Dorchester County, South Carolina
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Ivannn Citruholic
Joined: 14 May 2009 Posts: 174 Location: Bologna, Italy
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Posted: Sun 24 Feb, 2013 2:58 pm |
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Laaz wrote: | Ivan is that concrete you are growing in? |
yeah it's my new citrus-challenge |
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GregMartin Citruholic
Joined: 12 Jan 2011 Posts: 265 Location: southern Maine, zone 5/6
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Posted: Sun 24 Feb, 2013 5:23 pm |
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Ivannn, is that wood ash spread on the soil surface? If so, do you use it to deter pests? |
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Ivannn Citruholic
Joined: 14 May 2009 Posts: 174 Location: Bologna, Italy
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Posted: Mon 25 Feb, 2013 6:23 pm |
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It's just an effect of the picture, maybe the dirt was a little dry |
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