Re: Seed point - Leaf direction?
- Subject: Re: Seed point - Leaf direction?
- From: S*@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 14:03:03 EDT
In a message dated 7/22/99 10:49:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, drd@ici.net
writes:
> The root comes out the point and the leaves grow out the wide end.
> Actually, the root pushes them, seed cover and all, out of the ground. If
> you want to point the plants, try planting them in peat pots and when they
> have grown to the seed leaf stage plant them at an angle pointing in the
> direction you want them to grow.
>
> Tim
Well the thing is I wanted to direct start some in a hill and I wanted the
first true leaf to face south towards the sun to give it an extra boost. Peat
pot sprouting hampers root growth, since the first roots want to go WAY down
before the sprout comes up.
I was just trying to figure out which way the first true leaf faces
respective of the side of the point of the seed that the the hole is on. (Or
does it vary from seed to seed)?
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