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title: "Hey everyone! this is a black locust i’ve been growing from a seed…"
description: "Hey everyone! this is a black locust i’ve been growing from a seed for the past 5 months. I went on a trip recently and came back to find this leaf with what…"
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author: "1kwolves"
published: "2026-05-26T20:46:51.920303Z"
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# Hey everyone! this is a black locust i’ve been growing from a seed…

_Posted by 1kwolves on 2026-05-26_

Hey everyone! this is a black locust i’ve been growing from a seed for the past 5 months. I went on a trip recently and came back to find this leaf with what looks like slight variegation? this leaf was closest to the window (west facing), I’d love to know if this was something caused by light or genuine variegation!

![Attachment 1 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/Y-fhzq84K1pCYUHgXCW_Q5h3cenV6DY-D54YLXLknuA/-iyuEDu_SAaJ4tEVliitnw.webp?size=large)

![Attachment 2 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/Y-fhzq84K1pCYUHgXCW_Q5h3cenV6DY-D54YLXLknuA/g162KBiaTaeJ0yvhzxCbYQ.webp?size=large)

## 5 comments

### Morgan Picillo 🖤 🌿 commented on 2026-05-26

How cool!! It looks like some sport variegation! Sport variegation is spontaneous genetic mutation where a normally solid-green plant suddenly produces a leaf or branch with color variation. Sometimes it sticks around other times it will revert back to green

#### 1kwolves replied on 2026-05-26

that’s awesome!! thanks for the educational reply :) i’ll be watching it like a hawk then!

#### Morgan Picillo 🖤 🌿 replied on 2026-05-26

Of course! 😁 Please keep us updated I hope it sticks around!

### PLANTS!!🪴🌱 commented on 2026-05-26

It looks like variegation!!

### plantgeek commented on 2026-05-26

yep! it's a natural mutation, but when it occurs independently like this it's very unstable, the next one will probably be solid green again.

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