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Hey, I've grown off and on for some years now, still somewhat of an amateur tho, and I've never encountered this. One of my blackberry kush babies that I just started have 3 leaves instead of 2. What exactly is this?
 

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It looks like a mutated
Jubilicious said:
Hey, I've grown off and on for some years now, still somewhat of an amateur tho, and I've never encountered this. One of my blackberry kush babies that I just started have 3 leaves instead of 2. What exactly is this?
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Jubilicious said:
Hey, I've grown off and on for some years now, still somewhat of an amateur tho, and I've never encountered this. One of my blackberry kush babies that I just started have 3 leaves instead of 2. What exactly is this?
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Possibly triploid sterilized feminization.
Not something that you would ever like to cross into your stock if you are a real breeder.
Something created by the industry to maintain control.
It is great if you only ever want to grow that female for bud.
 
swapsmokeseed said:
Possibly triploid sterilized feminization.
Not something that you would ever like to cross into your stock if you are a real breeder.
Something created by the industry to maintain control.
It is great if you only ever want to grow that female for bud.
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See you say that and I think about Mac 1. There for a while everyone was trying for their own triploids. And there are so many successful crosses from her.

I would treat her like any other plant while enjoying her oddity. Be careful in flower, triploid colas are known to get crowded and can harbor micro climate that botrytis loves.
 
Def triploid I will see like branches coming from where Calyx pod comes from sometimes dark horse genetics gamma berry and symbiote did that for sure.
 
Jubilicious said:
Hey, I've grown off and on for some years now, still somewhat of an amateur tho, and I've never encountered this. One of my blackberry kush babies that I just started have 3 leaves instead of 2. What exactly is this?
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That can happen sometimes and it’s usually nothing to worry about. It’s called a genetic mutation or abnormal phyllotaxy.

Normally cannabis seedlings start with two cotyledon leaves and then develop their first true leaves in pairs. Occasionally a plant will produce three leaves at a node instead of two. Some growers call it “whorled phyllotaxy.”

I’ve seen it happen with a few indica strains before. In many cases the plant grows out of it after a few nodes and continues growing normally.

As long as the plant looks healthy, has good color, and continues developing new nodes, it shouldn’t cause any issues with the grow.

Curious to see how it develops — sometimes those plants end up growing really vigorous.
 
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