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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Chattanooga, TN
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Hi guys!
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: NJ - 6/7
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Sounds like a very healthy seedling that doesn't need any "help", congratulations. They will wither away when they outlive their usefulness.
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a
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And the cotyledons outlive their usefulness after true leaves are formed since now the plant can make it's own energy via photosynthesis.
The cotyledons provide energy to the plant only for a very short period of time and actually it's almost completely associated with initial germination.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: NY z5
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Eventually the cotyledons will dry up by themselves, but I usually find that they haven't gone yet by transplanting time. It's OK to cover them with mix or even remove them first if you want to plant the seedlings deeper.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: NJ Bayshore
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excellent - so I'm going to bury
then when I transplant ~ Tom
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