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Echinacea seedling

10 years ago

This was my first successful (kinda) start from seeds. Cheyenne Spirit seeds purchased from a vendor. Started on heat mat, in coir pellets, in March. Under lights since germination, total of 8 survived my bungling attempts. Potted into organic potting soil and new pots, within a week of germination. I've starting putting out some, a few hrs a day, weather permitting and just noticed this weird deformation on one. Anyone know what this is? It honestly doesn't look like insect damage, and I'm terrified of introducing any disease to the rest of my Coneflowers.

Echinacea seedling · More Info

Echinacea seedling · More Info

Echinacea seedling · More Info

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Tina McGuire
Original Author
10 years ago
Forgot to mention, we use no herbicides and no fertilizer has been used on these.
digdirt2
10 years ago
I don't think it is any issue, much less a major one and certainly not some disease. It is some sort of vascular damage that could have been caused by many things - insects, leaf edema, injury, etc. Injuries and/or deformities of leaves happen for all sorts of reasons but they pose no threat to the plant as a whole.

Dave
Tina McGuire thanked digdirt2
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Tina McGuire
Original Author
10 years ago
Thank you, Dave! Nice to have somewhere to come to ask beginner questions.,

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