Bent seedling, droopy/curling leaves? halp

Havek

Well-Known Member
This is my first grow, so needless to say I'm a noob, even with the copious amounts of research I've been doing. I germinated this seed with the paper towel method, and then placed it into my black-gold potting soil. I'm using a small cup, so as to not overwater. Even still, I'm very careful with how much water I give it, because I'm paranoid of overwatering. I've got it under 2 42W CFLs. It's now four days old, and looked quite healthy this morning. It started to stretch a bit, so I decided to fill in the pot with more soil. This is when the evil compacted ball of dirt rolled out of the cup I was sprinkling in, and slammed my seedling. It bent, at an obtuse-like angle. I panicked. I figured it would fix itself since it didn't snap. Anyways, I come back home (about 3 hours later) and the two fan leaves it has are starting to point downward. The cotyledons, however, are standing up higher than they were when I left. Other than that, it looks happy and healthy. This is my first grow, and just seeing those fan leaves start to curl down made me sad. Is it doomed? I'll try to post a pic within the next few hours.

TL;DR - Accidently bent seedling a bit, 4 hours later fan leaves are hanging down and cotyledons are pointing up. wat do
 

spek9

Well-Known Member
Be patient, leave it alone, it'll be fine ;)

I've done far, far worse and had plants live.

-spek
 

Treeonmyhead12

Active Member
Agreed, just a week or so again I opened my closet, and my plant had fallen over, and was at a 90 angle with the surface of the soil. I got a stake, tied her up(bitches love being bound) and its just fine, still putting on bulk. Keep in mind its just a baby so much less roots, so recovery may take a little longer than with an older plant with a robust root system.
 
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