3 leaves per node? what is this??

this strain is Shiva Skunk from Sensi Seeds (feminized)

I have grown it before with great results, no hermies, never had one of any strain actually.

I attached a photo of the 3 leaf per node plant the the normal growing one.

I never read about this before and Im wondering if anybody has seen/heard of this happening?

Any help is greatly appeciated, I attached pic of 3 leaf plant and the normal one.

conditions


approx 10 days old

250W MH

in classic 400 nursery pots with FF Light Warrior

24 hour light for now

temperature and humidity are controlled and stable around

78F & 40% humidity

Sometimes it just happens, at genetic flaw if you will. Grow it out, it may continue the trait of grow out of it. Nothing to worry about.

yep, call it puberty. some grow out of it, some stay that way their whole lives, i've had some that kept that all the way thru flower, but not every leaf, although i have heard tale of such occuring.

oh shit bro! just took a look at the pics, those are BABIEs!!!! the second set of leaves (theres a term for em, just like the single initial leaves you saw form but I'm too high to remember what theyre called) your next set of leaves will be five. chill & watch.. 1, 3, & then 5 blades appear. but like i said I've had weird shit like that sustained throuout an entire life cycle. nothing to be concerned about. have fun and DON'T FUCK WITH EM!!! theyre babies now and VERY DELICATE

it is called a trifoliate and they are mutants that usaully yeilds less per hightimes mag nov. 08 issue ive got one with one branch that has s leaves im gonn just grow it out

i just looked at the pic thats a normal plant man if you dont know what it looks like how you gonna grow it you better read a ton and hope for a lot of advice good luck and have fun !

hey man, the 3 sets of leaves coming out of one node is called a trifoliate.its a bit hard to see in the pic but after looking closely i see wut your talking about. its a genetic mutation or flaw. but not really a flaw, the extra branch means an extra branch of buds =) this is very good my friend. very very uncommon. i have had one, it grew out of it after a couple nodes, but if it keeps the trait it whole life your lookin at 1 3rd more buds =). keep this plant happy and take clones if it keep the trait. good luck and good job!

yea they will look like that when there that small they will go from 3 to 5 and then 7 and sometimes even more ive had 11 fingered leaves on the top of a plant its all good thats normal man you will see i got one right now with three branches per node its pretty cool looking its pure gold im curious to see what its gonna yeild like ...widow87

growman09 said:

it is called a trifoliate and they are mutants that usaully yeilds less per hightimes mag nov. 08 issue ive got one with one branch that has s leaves im gonn just grow it out

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we must have replied at the same time almost haha but iv never heard of them yeilding less, iv always read they yeild 1 3rd more than a normal plant because the extra branches.

jumboSWISHER said:

hey man, the 3 sets of leaves coming out of one node is called a trifoliate.its a bit hard to see in the pic but after looking closely i see wut your talking about. its a genetic mutation or flaw. but not really a flaw, the extra branch means an extra branch of buds =) this is very good my friend. very very uncommon. i have had one, it grew out of it after a couple nodes, but if it keeps the trait it whole life your lookin at 1 3rd more buds =). keep this plant happy and take clones if it keep the trait. good luck and good job!

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i think he means three fingers not 3 leaves it doesnt look like three leaves per node in the pic but i could be wrong

Ive had a plant that was four all the way around, leaves and branches! it eventually grew out of it and went to three, then two. Never knew what kind of strain it was. Never found out about the yeild, as it ended with no flowers because of a problem at the tops of the lady. Never did find out what the problem was.
Still hate myself for that!! Damn!!

idk if im crazy but i cleary see 3 one finger leaves on the first node 3 3 finger leaves on the second node. the first pic is the trifoliate, the second pic is the normal seedling. i could be wrong tho lol

the leaves are blured together in the pic, try lookn at it like the biggest leaves are the 1 finger set(1st node) and the smaller ones are the second node. its kinda like the nodes are positioned in triangles(hence TRIfoliate) instead of directly across from each other

heres a pic i found on google. cleary shows wut a trifoliate is. now just imagine this with the second node with 3 finger leaves.

I have a strain of Durban Poison that produces a trifoliate seedling about 10% of the time. I've seen it more rarely in several other strains. I've also had a few quads as well.

Every one I've had reverted two normal growth before blooming. Sometimes these mutations occur on a single branch, during vegging, but a few nodes later, revert.

Usually, a trifoliate seedling will produce to main branches when it returns to normal growth. A quad will produce three main stems.

A friend did document a plant that remained trifoliate through budding. The finished khola was massive, but actually produced only a bit more than sister plants(from seed).

i bet if ya top it right above a node that has the trifoliate trait you would get many fat ass colas =)
iv gotta a trifoliate (wus a bit mutated) it kept the trait till the 4th node, i topped at the 8 th node but the trifolate nodes became the main tops =) ( pic of it flowering, its missing a couple tops cuz lights fell and snapped a few in half)
but idk it may be a good idea to try this with yours to maximize your yeild

your fine bro the plant is just immature when they are young they sometimes have just 3 leaves,but as the plant matures it will start getting five finger leaves. some plants will actually start out with leaves that have just a single blade instead of a regular looking 5 finger leaves

man I love this site

I guess I sounded like a NOOB when I posted but I have done 2 succesful grows on my own (with knowledge from this site). Im glad to here it is not some major defect. Im sorry I couldnt get a more clear picture but they are small as you said. They are very healthy besides the ones strange growth. Trifoliate, I couldve came up with that name myself haha. Thanks again for the responses, Ill post pics later I suppose so we can all see what happens.

The first pic is the "mutant" The leaves are coming out in sets of threes instead of the usual pairs. The second pic is same strain but the usual pair of leaves.

yeah dont worry about it. Mine started like that and through the grow some branches/nodes will stay that way and others will be normal 5 or 7 fingered leaves