tap root on germd seed tip snap

john wishmyer

john wishmyer

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so as the titles says, i was puttin my freshly germ’d seeds tap root into its new little home, lone and behold the tap root made contact with the wall of its hole and i guess it was so sensitive that about the size of lead on a pencil was cracked at the tip. Will this effect the seed in anyway or will it continue to spread roots??
 
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TheGreatSouthern

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I can't say for certain but my guess would be that it will have a 70% reduced chance of survival and will grow slower than if it hadn't happened. If you've got more seeds throw it away and directly plant a new one.
My experience on this comes from snapping the tap roots off nearly a thousand seeds. No shit.
I did a dumb thing, I pre germinated roughly 1000 seeds in water/h2o2 in a plastic container and when they all had a small tap root showing drove them an hour up a windy bumpy road to put them in the ground. almost 100% of them had the tip of the tap root broken off by the time I got there. Rookie move.
Anyway I had a ton of spare seeds, so I direct planted an additional 400 at the same time. The 400 direct planted seeds got almost 100% germination, the damaged pre germinated seeds got about 30% germination and maybe 50% survival rate. the direct planted seeds grew faster and stronger in the first 2 weeks than the ones with the broken tap roots.
Hope that helps and good luck.
 
john wishmyer

john wishmyer

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TheGreatSouthern said:
I can't say for certain but my guess would be that it will have a 70% reduced chance of survival and will grow slower than if it hadn't happened. If you've got more seeds throw it away and directly plant a new one.
My experience on this comes from snapping the tap roots off nearly a thousand seeds. No shit.
I did a dumb thing, I pre germinated roughly 1000 seeds in water/h2o2 in a plastic container and when they all had a small tap root showing drove them an hour up a windy bumpy road to put them in the ground. almost 100% of them had the tip of the tap root broken off by the time I got there. Rookie move.
Anyway I had a ton of spare seeds, so I direct planted an additional 400 at the same time. The 400 direct planted seeds got almost 100% germination, the damaged pre germinated seeds got about 30% germination and maybe 50% survival rate. the direct planted seeds grew faster and stronger in the first 2 weeks than the ones with the broken tap roots.
Hope that helps and good luck.
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thanks man, thats nuts! guess im going to slap some more seeds in the good ol paper towel. :eyesmoke:
 
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NwGKenny

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I accidentally snapped the tap root on one of my seeds while trying to move it around (like a dumb ass) in the rapid rooter that i germinated it in. It never recovered and ceased growing roots.
 
john wishmyer

john wishmyer

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NwGKenny said:
I accidentally snapped the tap root on one of my seeds while trying to move it around (like a dumb ass) in the rapid rooter that i germinated it in. It never recovered and ceased growing roots.
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well was it the full tap root? mine was snapped at the very tip from contact with the walls. i noticed that fuzzy mycelium lookin stuff above it so maybe itll spready out horizontally rather than vertically but who know. i already have more germing
 
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NwGKenny

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john wishmyer said:
well was it the full tap root? mine was snapped at the very tip from contact with the walls. i noticed that fuzzy mycelium lookin stuff above it so maybe itll spready out horizontally rather than vertically but who know. i already have more germing
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it was like at the halfway point where it was snapped.
 
Azubaz

Azubaz

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I just did the same thing i think last night, i put it back in and it's showing life. Probably have a 50/50 chance.
 
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