Nah all these people are wrong. Ive supercropped my nl auto from ilgm and i crushed the stem so much that it became red and flimsy. After a week it thickened and fixed itself and is growing strong and starting to flower. It all really depends on the plant condition and the genetics if you should...
So this is my story. I had successfully germinated my first seed and i thought that it looked dead because the seed part of the sprout was black and the stem was very dark red and getting more red when i added more light. I thought i burned it and that it had died so i decided to germinate...