Re: Divination by Dicot
Kathie,
You will not be able to tell whether you have a good healthy plant by
looking at the dicotylidens. Some come out in perfect shape because the
seed coat separated quickly from them. Other times they get damaged while
emerging. The trick with growing AG's is that nothing is for certain, weak
looking plants have known to produce champions while big healthy plants can
produce pee wee's. You just have to hope that you provide the plant the
best cultural condition possible and that genetics will give you a world
champion.
Good Luck
Russ,
Southeast, WI
----- Original Message -----
From: "kathie morgan" <fishrap@earthlink.net>
To: "Hort Pumpkins" <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 11:02 AM
Subject: Divination by Dicot
> 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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