Re: Divination by Dicot
I've seen a lot of ugly dicots and I've always discriminated
against them but I think in most cases it means the dicots were
damaged when emerging from the seed case. I don't think it
means anything at all if they are ugly or misshapen.
On your direct seeded plant, I would expect it to be smaller
and be damaged more during germination. It germinated in a
harsher, colder, bug-ridden environment.... I've had almost no
success with direct seeding. Most of mine rot and never
emerge...
vince
--- kathie morgan <fishrap@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Experienced Growers,
> How important is the appearance of the dicots in predicting
> the quality of
> the plant?
> I have two proven seeds that have such warped-looking dicots
> that I just
> about wrote off the seedlings altogether. But I didn't, and
> now that they
> have several leaves they look almost normal. Should I grow
> them?
>
> Why not direct-seed (here in California)?
> I direct-seeded an unproven seed (417 D Morgan 03) into one
> of my mounds.
> While the hothouse 417s have had huge healthy-looking dicots,
> the
> direct-seeded plant has little wrinkled dicots. Is it nature
> or nurture
> or
> something else? And does it indicate anything?
> Thanks!
> Kathie
> --
>
>
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