Re: [SG] sunflower seeds.. reply.

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• To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
• Subject: Re: [SG] sunflower seeds.. reply.
• From: J* <J*@AOL.COM>
• Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 00:18:57 EST

In a message dated 3/29/98 3:43:33 PM, you wrote:

>"Sunflower roots, not the seeds, secrete a toxin that inhibits the
>germination of other plants. This natural defense, called allelopathy,
>also is exhitbited by plants such as Artemisia,barley, and black walnut
>trees..."
>
>If you're really sure, the magazine has an address I'd like to use to
>query this matter. Do you have a source I could site as reference?
>
>Carmel Matsushita

I also read the same thing, & heard all my life & at school, that the roots
are
a toxin to other plants.

Jennifer Sheppard
N. Louisiana
zone 8

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