Re: Curled cotyledons
>Hi all....Are curled cotyledons genetic or environmentally influenced? I
>havent grown enough of these to know. The one plant I have going now has
>both
>cotyledons curled under now(about 3 days out of the soil).It started out
>fine,a yellowish color,I helped the seed case off and they greened up under
>the light and spread out wide....and kept spreading...until now... they are
>curled around underneath like the backing to a pierced ear-earing. The
>plant
>is short,strong,with thick stem and roots growing up against the
>quart-sized
>container clearly visible.All else looks great. Is this normal? All my
>squash
>had normal leaves....these orange things are a bit wierd..........G
>
I think it is mainly environmental. Usually when the seed coat hangs tight,
the seed leaves grow to that shape, then when the light hit it it "hardened"
that way. It probably doesn't matter, as long as the first true leaves look
normal.
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