CULT: signs of life

Re: what to do - as I was poking around at the rotting seedlings 
yesterday, I discovered that some of them are trying to grow again 
already.  The photos (I'm posting to both groups) show two different 
things I'm seeing.  In some (the circled green in the middle), the 
central leaf blade has made it thru the dead foliage without a problem. 
  But most of the expanding leaf blades are trapped by the dead foliage.

In the other photo, I've pulled the rotting leaves apart a bit to show 
the accordioned leaf blade, which was jammed into a tight wad inside the 
dead leaves.  Most of my smaller seedlings with the worst damage look 
like this

Those of us with bad damage may want to check to see if we can free 
those precious bits of green so they can get busy making food!

I. tectorum also looks very bad here.  And it is in a sheltered spot 
next to the heat pump, with high trees overhead, so wasn't exposed to 
the worst of it.
-- 
Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
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