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[Fermented_Fruitz]

 

[Mike20132]

 

[Fermented_Fruitz]

 

[Mike20132]

 

[Cannaficionado]

Good evening everyone

Quick question for yall. My seedlings did not shed their seed husks. Not even slightly. Barely split open for the tap root. The husk is still very tough, so how do I get it off. Im assuming spray it down with water and let it soften up a bit before I try and pry it off? Never had to deal with helmets before, at least not where at least one cotyledon was poking out and it fell off as soon as I touched it.

 

[Cannaficionado]

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

Good evening everyone

Quick question for yall. My seedlings did not shed their seed husks. Not even slightly. Barely split open for the tap root. The husk is still very tough, so how do I get it off. Im assuming spray it down with water and let it soften up a bit before I try and pry it off? Never had to deal with helmets before, at least not where at least one cotyledon was poking out and it fell off as soon as I touched it.

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Helmet head is an iffy situation, try to get a drop of water to form on the seed shell and leave it for a couple of hours. Then try to coax the shell open by squeezing with tweezers like an old coin purse squeezing from the corners of the seed shell. I usually save 2 out of three. Helmet head can be caused by not planting your seed deep enough in soil that can cause enough friction to shed the shell on the way out of the soil. Your soil looks really open.

 

[Cannaficionado]

Helmet head is an iffy situation, try to get a drop of water to form on the seed shell and leave it for a couple of hours. Then try to coax the shell open by squeezing with tweezers like an old coin purse squeezing from the corners of the seed shell. I usually save 2 out of three. Helmet head can be caused by not planting your seed deep enough in soil that can cause enough friction to shed the shell on the way out of the soil. Your soil looks really open.

I sowed about a half inch deep. But that's what I was thinking too. I'll try to get a drop of water to stay on top of them but do you think a light misting from a spray bottle a few times over a couple hours will accomplish the same thing if I can't get a drop to rest on them?

The soil looks pretty loose and airy but I think that may just be the zoom, this bag of happy frog has a lot of chipped wood in it. So I did my best to not over compact the soil when I filled my bags

 

[Mara Cachafa]

Good evening everyone

Quick question for yall. My seedlings did not shed their seed husks. Not even slightly. Barely split open for the tap root. The husk is still very tough, so how do I get it off. Im assuming spray it down with water and let it soften up a bit before I try and pry it off? Never had to deal with helmets before, at least not where at least one cotyledon was poking out and it fell off as soon as I touched it.

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I've had some successes by inserting closed tweezer tips between the edges of the shell, then letting the tweezer open, forcing the edge of the shell open. I hold a finger of the other hand behind the shell to keep it from moving. It's a bit risky, but it's also risky to do nothing, because if the shell stays closed too long the seedling will run out of energy and die.

 

[Cannaficionado]

I've had some successes by inserting closed tweezer tips between the edges of the shell, then letting the tweezer open, forcing the edge of the shell open. I hold a finger of the other hand behind the shell to keep it from moving. It's a bit risky, but it's also risky to do nothing, because if the shell stays closed too long the seedling will run out of energy and die.

Any option is a good option right now. Of course it happens to my 2 most expensive strains