Sactogrower
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I know it's been ask before but on my streching if I replant do I remove the two little leafs on the stems?
Streching
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RIKNSTEIN
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How old is it? How big is it? Do you have any pics? They are "feeder leaves" for the first few weeks of the seedlings life, so it depends on how old it is, I would let them fall off...would you want someone to pull an arm size scab off your body?? "It's jusa babay!!" *Steve Erwin..RIP*
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Sactogrower
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They popped up 2/5/2013 this stupid iPad won't let me upload pics, my tallies is 1 3/4" all are in Hempy Buckets. Seeds germs with no problems, purple haze,Grand Daddy's and 1 Girl Scout. It's the Girl that's streching.
RIKNSTEIN
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Ya "do not" pull them off!!! What kind of lights are you growing with??
RIKNSTEIN
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Really?? Those are the "feeder leaves" for the bean, for at least the first few weeks and he only sprouted on 2/5/2013...just 2 weeks ago!!!
mr2shim
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Are you fucking serious? The first few weeks? The Cotyledons(little round leaves) are there to provide energy for the first set of true leaves. They serve no other purpose. A few weeks the plant has no use for them. Hell some people are flowering after 4 weeks.
With that said, you should leave them alone. You are doing nothing by pulling them off. Why even bother.
PersonalJesus
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Leave them alone... they will die and shrivel when they want to
Sactogrower
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I wish I could show pics, the Grand is the one that streching. Between the feeder leafs and bottom of the others is about 1 1/2"
mr2shim
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That's not stretching.
Sactogrower
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Ok thanks !
Sactogrower
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One of the Purples I went old old school, 3gl black pot 4" soil mix then added a fish & 2 oranges cut in half top with the soil mix added the seedling and set outside. That's the way we did it back in the 80's, then we started using Hempy Buckets. We would follow the G/D concerts and ask for donations. 
mr2shim
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Nothing to be concerned about. Definitely not worth cutting off the seed leaves.
Sactogrower
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I never germinated, my friend did it and i just grow the plants they bring by cause we had the land back then, we loved living out in Wilton. No one bothered you and you knew who lived next door.
BBbubblegum
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Actually it does. The cotyledons eventually get absorbed by the plant when the plant is in need of N. Removing them will mean the plant starts to eat it's fan leaves instead.
Sactogrower
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Done some reading and think I'll just let them be, thanks you guys. I'll put up pics when I can..
RIKNSTEIN
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Mine are still there, and I just transplaned, and their not even 4 weeks old till friday, but they are turning yellow.