the plants suffered some nearly fatal shock(the young and tender) from the cold (I won't go into details)...anyway, some of the tetra took to growing one or 2 leaflets directly on top of the usual leaflets like a second layer. unfortunately I'm banned from the boss' camera due to paranoia. anyway...the leaflets are the size of the last 2 (smallest)leaflets next to the stem. the tetra should be renamed"fat bastard coffee", because in the words of austin powers "it's a bit nut-ty."...actually its a lot more than a 'bit' nutty...it's a frickin' roasted chestnut! clones like a dream, and refuses to herm under any circumstances! it just gets a little (o.k. a lot!) freaky. it's not what I'd call top shelf though. but it's just too cool botanically to ditch. unfortunately the mother takes up way too much space. she's been through the ringer 3 times as far as shock goes, and is about to see her 1st. b-day. and now she just shits clones and laughs off major abuse.I'm waitin' on some white tetra seeds here in a week or so...we'll see how that goes...the widow male should add some firepower...though they may not be as hardy.

Wow I opened your thread expecting to see pictures...
go figure

yep no pics no good, whos the boss.

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when i was young i was quick and bright,now that im old i what the fuck was i going to say

sorry..I'm working under impossible conditions which I won't bore you with...point is: I can't give you pics 'til I buy my own camera. I was just telling you about how she freaks instead of herming. when I have my own camera, and MY computer back from the shop, I'll submit some awesome ass pics(I'm not gonna' bore RIU with the mundane "oh here's my average looking plant" or "wow! loogit that awesome tray of yet more seedlings!" believe me...I'm dyin' to submit the trippy tetra leaf photos...but not at the cost of being kicked off the ranch!

on this ranch ...theBOSS is NOT me! and that fact is reinforced all day every day! think "maggies farm"-LITTERALLY! I mean word for word!

it turned out to be chemo, although chemo doesn't come up on "tetraploid" google search, there is a bud on the leaflet spot I described. I saw someome's pic on another thread showing the 'leaf bud' from some subcool (querkle, deep purple? I forget).