Does this sprout look healthy?

mockasin

mockasin

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My first plant just sprouted today, although compared to other sprouts I've seen it looks a little worse for wear... does it seem unhealthy/stressed? Is this just something it'll outgrow? Also I haven't had much light on it until now because I figured there was no point in wasting electricity before there were any leaves.

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http://imgur.com/4wBEbLJ
 
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mr.sessemia

mr.sessemia

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It wont need any light until it has its first set of leaves.But its been my experience that moisture and heat are always good for seedlings...
Id get it on a heat mat or put a bilb on it to give it some heat....but not too hot hold you hand under the light if you hand can stay there for a long time ,...then your plants should be fine.
Hope it helps
 
Olive Drab Green

Olive Drab Green

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mr.sessemia said:
It wont need any light until it has its first set of leaves.But its been my experience that moisture and heat are always good for seedlings...
Id get it on a heat mat or put a bilb on it to give it some heat....but not too hot hold you hand under the light if you hand can stay there for a long time ,...then your plants should be fine.
Hope it helps
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That's silly. Of course it needs light. It won't need food until a week or two later, but it certainly needs light.
 
Prince4118

Prince4118

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Olive Drab Green said:
That's silly. Of course it needs light. It won't need food until a week or two later, but it certainly needs light.
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this is correct iv had seeds grow straight up still bent over and light yellow like that to almost 6 inches once when i forgot about them as soon as i turned on the light the next day they were facing up and green plants need light to be green
 
Trich_holmes

Trich_holmes

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There's nothing wrong with that sprout! Not everything pops up in 12 hours and looks nice and green, sometimes you have a retard, sometimes a mutant, but that shows no look of anything out of the ordinary at 1 day.
 
Trich_holmes

Trich_holmes

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Also sometimes the thin membrane that coats the cotyledons doesn't shed properly, or on it's own easily and I will go with a pair of tweezers and pluck it off because it can hold the head down like that sometimes
 
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