Only one cotyledon
 

I started 4 Green Gables seeds and all four germinated. Two are normal, but two seedlings only have one cotyledon. I wonder if they will be blind?
Time will tell. I only need one plant, but am glad that I started four.

Linda

Hi Linda I have never heard of seedlings refers to as blind can you please explain. Thanks. Mike

[QUOTE=eyegrotom;691388]Hi Linda I have never heard of seedlings refers to as blind can you please explain. Thanks. Mike[/QUOTE]
They dont have a growing tip in the center and just die after awhile.

Blind seedling:
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v163/MizTortuga/Dwarf%20Project%202012/BlindDuo.jpg[/IMG]

There's more than one definition of a blind seedling, see here

[url]https://www.google.com/search?q=Blind+tomato+seedlings+with+knob+in+center&hl=en&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjswIqZ0oraAhXFqFkKHdQTAkoQ_AUICSgA&biw=1706&bih=815&dpr=1[/url]

I couldn't find a good picture but what I call a blind seedling can have 1 or 2 cotyledons come up first,then in the center there's a small knob of green.

The plant doesn't die but stays as is and if it's a rare variety, I start chanting incantations over it and rarely, a new sprout will come up from that knob on the side/base of it..

Carolyn

Thanks Carolyn. I'm sure this is most helpful information for people to know, especially at this (seed starting) time of year :). I've only experienced this problem once before and I'm pretty sure that my little seedling did make it in the end, after stalling for a long time.

Fortunately for me I have one seedling and a spare, so it's no big deal if these two don't make it.....

Linda

Linda

I think there might be a growth point where the seed leaf breaks off, I've seen that happen with the "not blind" seedlings I've had.

An update. All the Green Gables seedlings grew perfectly normally despite only having one cotyledon and no visible growing tip :).

Sadly, three of them have gone to composter Heaven because the germination rate on the 20 varieties I planted was exceedingly high, and I don't have room to raise them all under the lights.

Linda

[QUOTE=Labradors2;691384]I started 4 Green Gables seeds and all four germinated. Two are normal, but two seedlings only have one cotyledon. I wonder if they will be blind?
Time will tell. I only need one plant, but am glad that I started four.

Linda[/QUOTE]

I think Abs ate them. Lol.

Ha ha! She's smarter than that. She prefers ripe tomatoes :).

L.

I had one seedling with one cotyledon too, but it grew a normal plant. I don't remember the variety.