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Re: Seed casing and broken leaves

>Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 23:53:20
>To: Jeanie Dixon <jdixon@owt.com>
>From: Kurt Frederick <kwff@planet.eon.net>
>Subject: Re: Seed casing and broken leaves
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>Hello Again.
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>I usually become impatient and try to remove the seed casing from the
leaves.  Sometimes it works, sometimes I end up damaging the seed leaves.
What is very interesting this year is that on one of my pumpkin seedlings, I
broke the two seed leaves while trying to remove the casing, so that they
were less than half their normal size.  What happened though, is that the
first true leaf came out much quicker on this one than on the others from
the same seedlot/planting date.  I wonder if: 1) breaking the seed leaves
prematurely encouraged this, or if it is a coincidence and 2) if making the
true leaf start sooner is a good thing or not?
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>I will monitor the growth of this one compared to rest and report back.
>
>Kurt Frederick
>Edmonton, Alberta
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>At 06:57 AM 5/16/97 -0700, you wrote:
>>Hi Blair,
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>>>Most of my seeds have germinated and broken the soil.  Some of them 
>>>are about 1" above the surface and they still have the shell casing 
>>>around the leaves.  Should I remove it, or wait until it drops off 
>>>naturally?
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>>I would leave the shell casing intact but I don't know if it is different
>>for giant pumpkins. I have experienced the same thing with my gourds. When
>>I removed the casing, the leaves broke. The shell will eventually dry out
>>and can be removed easier with no damage at a later date. The plant just
>>looks a little strange for awhile but is better than broken leaves. The
>>plants continued to grow.
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>>My question to the Giants: 
>>What impact would the broken leaves have on the plants progress?
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>>We are planting this weekend. Wednesday, hubby sprayed the field with Round
>>Up to eliminate weeds. Hopefully this season we will not be hit with the
>>Mosaic Virus. XXX fingers crossed XXXX
>>
>>Jeanie
>>Gourds By Jeanie 
>>jdixon@oneworld.owt.com
>>http://www.owt.com/users/jdixon
>>Pasco, Washington USA
>>
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