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THREE seed leaves?
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:04 pm
by JLudin
Was looking over my seedling trays tonight and happened to notice that one of my jalapeno plants had THREE seed leaves. This is the ONLY one out of about 150 of the seedlings to do so. Is this a common sighting or do I have a mutant plant on my hands?
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:16 pm
by coolqcumber
its just a mutant. besides the fact that it looks a little different, there isnt anything wrong with it. youll sometimes see sproutlings with just 1 leaf. either way, the little plant just wants to grow its butt off.
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:44 pm
by !potatoes!
I often find that these 'tricots,' as I call 'em, are slightly more vigorous than their brethren.
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:13 pm
by JLudin
Hopefully that's the case. Give me some jumbos! lol
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 7:24 am
by rainbowgardener
Yes, some kind of mutation, uncommon, but not totally rare. I had a couple this year. It will be fine! (I hadn't noticed more vigorous, but maybe I just wasn't paying attention.)
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:38 am
by csvd87
hmmm, potatoes, all my tricots were the slower of the 2 seedlings. happened with a Cappuccino Hab, Chocolate Fatalii, a couple other peppers, and my White Queen tomatoes.
Weirdest one I had was my Prik Wiang Ping pepper, it branched naturally after its seed leaves, it came out with 4 true leaves right away, bound to be a bushy plant.
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 12:22 pm
by ozark_rocks
I've had this happen with red alert tomatoes. I thought I had a muntant, too. The plants grew and produced, just like their two leaved brothers, but it is pretty neat.
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 9:11 am
by garden5
Yeah, I've gotten them before as well. Since it is these seed leaves that supply nutrients to the seedlings, I would suspect that having an extra one would be beneficial.