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Tuesday, April 07, 2026
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farmerTay
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Huntsville, AL, USA
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Making progress! I couldn't figure out what was going on with my wrinkly leaves and Google told me it was from overwatering, yet the soil was always bone dry and the plants seemed to be shriveling up. I decided to try and drench them until the peat pots were draining water from the bottom and see what happened. I was rewarded with huge improvements to the leaves and tons of tiny white roots sticking out from the bottom and sides of the peat pots this morning! The leaves of a couple have started opening up and spreading a bit, I can see a tiny first leaf forming in the center of one of them. The biggest one (And I thought the most robust) is still struggling to shake off its seed casing and is growing a lot but unable to spread it's leaves. I debated pulling off the rest of the casing to help it out, but I'm worried that doing that would cause more harm than good. Of the five I planted, four have at least one or two thick roots showing, two have spread out their leaves and seem to be thriving, one is being subdued by its seed casing, one has a complete seed still stuck on top of the leaves but is growing and rooting and one is tall, has the seed still completely encasing its leaves, has no visible roots and seems to have stopped growing. So I think I have four that could be viable, but only two are showing real progress. I'm hoping that the other two that are progressing with their seed casings still on will eventually grow out and become viable, too, but I'm already planning on planting backups, so it's possible that I'll only wind up with two good plants from this bunch.
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