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Fri, May 22, 09 at 14:54
| This is the first time I've grown a seedling from a fruit seed, and it looks upside-down to me. Isn't the seed coat supposed to be in the soil? If it is growing strangely, what do I do to fix it?
This is a persimmon seedling, the only one of a few seeds in this pot that got this far. |
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| It's normal. You might mist it a bit to help the leaves push off the seed coat. Usually better to let them push it off themselves. |
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- Posted by morgaine_m (My Page) on Fri, May 22, 09 at 15:14
| Thanks foutaam. I'll wait and see if the seed coat gets pushed off, however, this seedling hasn't changed in appearance in about a month, and I'm worried it may be too cold-- the seedling started in central/coastal California. I noticed it when packing my plants to move to Oregon and was excited to find one of the seeds had sprouted (I didn't think any would!). I've since moved to Oregon, and it's colder/rainier here, probably dips into the 40s at night, but is starting to warm up. Is the colder climate here slowing him down? Should I move this little guy inside? Any help or suggestions on the best conditions (light, water, temp etc) for this seedling would be greatly appreciated!! Morgaine |
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- Posted by tn_veggie_gardner 6 (My Page) on Fri, May 22, 09 at 15:42
| Yea...perfectly normal...once it grow a bit more & seed shell splits, you can try to pick it off yourself, being very careful of course. =) |
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- Posted by morgaine_m (My Page) on Fri, May 22, 09 at 16:04
| After further online research, it seems this may be the taproot sticking up? One website says "Starting your persimmons seeds indoors can be done in late winter or early spring. Be sure to use a deep container for these seeds, as persimmon seedlings develop a very long taproot. The taproot develops long before any growth shows above the soil line and, if your pot isn't deep enough, will push the seed right out of the soil." That appears to be what happened here. So if this is indeed the taproot, should I try to carefully bury the seedling in deeper soil with the seed underground to allow the plant to develop? |
Here is a link that might be useful: where I found the info I quoted
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| I don't know much about persimmons but I have had other seedlings come up looking like that. I think its just the out seed coat and should come off when the leaves start to come out. I like that word "wonky" it makes me laugh and I ma going to have to work it into my regular vocabulary! Have a good day! Marie |
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- Posted by origami_master 5b (My Page) on Sun, May 24, 09 at 18:07
| I don't think that's a tap root pushing the see out. Roots have almost no chlorophyll and won't turn green. a root that is pushing the plant out will be brown. |
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- Posted by karyn1 MD 7 (bhkalen@aol.com) on Tue, May 26, 09 at 11:40
| That's not the root. It's the cotyledons (seed leaf) that haven't split the seed coat yet. I have a Fuyu that I started from seed and it took quite a while to push off it's coat. Someone mentioned misting it in one of the previous posts. That's what I would do. Unless that's a wild persimmon you might be better off with a grafted tree if you are looking for fruit. |
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