I had a boo bo with my OG Kush seedling. I sheared off the top with the 1st 2 tiny leaves. It still has the tap root, which already reached the bottom of the 2 inch net pot. I know the weeds such as dandelions will grow back if you don't get rid of the roots. Since weed is, well a weed. Is there any chance of this headless Queen sprouting new leaves from the tap root?
Off with your head!
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waytoofaded
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Does it have any nodes left at all?
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If the root is the only thing left than it's going to die.
It won't grow back.
Stay safe
Bill284
Modified root structure is what does it. Dandelions do not have any stem with nodes for new growth. The leaves all come from the crown of the root which is pretty much nothing more than a tap root from top to bottom. And the entire root is used for food storage while other plants will store excess foods in the stems and leaves.
The definition of a weed used by botanists and horticulturalists is "a plant that is growing where it is not wanted". So dandelions growing a manicured blue grass lawn are weeds. If they are growing in a vegetable garden so that the very young leaves can be used for salad, cooked greens or even "dandelion wine" then those particular plants are not weeds.
So yep, the plant is done for.
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What am I looking at here? I yanked it out this morning and see this new growth. Is this the roots last gasp at trying to stave off death? This is the top of the root, BTW.
Pitmaster
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New York State has Dandelion Farms that the product is shipped to Europe for Consumption in Salads and such. Other folks make wine from them. I tried it was terrible tasting never again. Rhubarb was better but not by much. I'll stick to My beer and Cognac.
Pitmaster
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I can tell you this much it's winter here in Western New York State temps were below freezing and then we had a above normal temps for about a week guess what them dandelions came up again they are resilient plants.What am I looking at here? I yanked it out this morning and see this new growth. Is this the roots last gasp at trying to stave off death? This is the top of the root, BTW.
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This is actually a a pot plant root. If only they were as stubborn as dandelions. Cold as all f here in the Catskills as well. So much for being spoiled by Indian Summer. It was still pretty warm until 3 weeks ago. Then full blown winter hit and hasn't let up at all. Fells like got down to 2 yesterday, but no sub zero temperature yet.
What do you mean by "top of the root"? Was all of this under the soil level or the level of whatever media you were using in the net pot? Or, is the part that is showing the part of the stem that was left after your mistake in topping the plant?
What you might be looking at will depend on the answers to the above questions.
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Part of the stem, but underneath the Cotyledon leaves.
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BTW, I am not using any medium in the net pot. I am just using the inset used to hold the plant in the net pot. I am growing in a high pressure aeroponics system. Do I need a medium of some sort? I am a total newbie at every aspect of growing weed. I thought that it was best to allow the root direct access to the nutrient mist, instead of misting a medium. Those round clay thingies is what I have. Leftover from a drip system from decades ago.
Kind of looks like a part of a root but without being there to see it it is hard to tell. Anyway, what is left of the plant is toast as they say.
No, I was just covering the bases just in case you had been using soil or some sort of medium or a plug. You should be OK doing what you are doing except for the cutting off of the plant. If there are a couple of nodes above the Cotyledons left after a trimming attempt it should be enough for the plant to send out new branches from those nodes. Trimming off everything except the nodes is also not good. Can't say as I have seen a plant send out branches from the area where the cotyledons meet the main stem so leaving a few opposing nodes above is best.