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Re: [Market-farming] Pepper seedlings with fused seed leaves
- From: "Shoemaker, William H" <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Pepper seedlings with fused seed leaves
- Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 14:12:17 +0000
In my experience, it is the result of conditions inside the seed during development, perhaps poor energy availability, lack of water or other important developmental processes. I've worked with breeding peppers so have grown thousands of plants from seeds I produced, and its more common on plants that struggled to mature fruit.
I've done the same, cut them apart. They see to do fine most of the time.
Bill William H. Shoemaker Retired fruit and vegetable horticulturist University of Illinois From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] on behalf of Pam Twin Oaks [pam AT twinoaks.org]
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 8:56 AM To: Market Farming Subject: [Market-farming] Pepper seedlings with fused seed leaves Several of my pepper seedlings this year came up with fused seed leaves. Several varieties. Does anyone know what causes this? Was I impatient? Would they have separated if I'd waited? I pushed a knife through between the leaves to free them
and let the seedling get better light.
Pam -- Pam Dawling Author of Sustainable Market Farming, Intensive Vegetable Production on a Few Acres http://sustainablemarketfarming.com/ https://www.facebook.com/SustainableMarketFarming http://www.newsociety.com/Books/S/Sustainable-Market-Farming |
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[Market-farming] Pepper seedlings with fused seed leaves,
Pam Twin Oaks, 03/21/2014
- Re: [Market-farming] Pepper seedlings with fused seed leaves, Road's End Farm, 03/21/2014
- Re: [Market-farming] Pepper seedlings with fused seed leaves, Shoemaker, William H, 03/21/2014
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