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From: George Forsythe <geoforsy at AOL.COM>
Subject: Re: Secondary leaves in first growth cycle
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I'll try to get a photo of the consanguineum tonight. The flavum have al=ready gone dormant, and are in the fridge.

George

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Any photo of them ?
Gusman

>  I don't know if this is common or what, but it shocked me, and I would=like
to know more about it. I had thought that only an eophyll was present in =the
first growth cycle of germinated seed, but now I have 2 instances of seco=ndary
leaves growing out as well.
>
> 1 Of 10 seeds of A flavum planted on 10/29/06, all germinated by 11/19/=06. On
12/20/06, I noticed that in 2 instances, small secondary leaves were grow=ing up
alongside the eophylls. These looked exactly like the eophyll but smaller=. When
the plants went dormant in late January, tubers were harvested, but no
difference was seen in these 2 versus the rest.
>
> 2 34 seeds of A consanguineum were planted on 11/30/06, of these, 31 ha=d
germinated by 1/12/07. On 3 21/07, I noticed secondary growth on 3 of the=se. As
of yesterday, 6 plants have shown secondary growth. 4 plants have 1 extra=leaf,
1 has 2 , and 1 has 3 extra leaves. These do not look like the eophylls, =but are
very long and narrow, looking like blades of grass, and quite small compa=red to
the eophyll. These plants are all still in active growth.
>
> So far, seeds of 8 other species I have germinated have not shown any o=f these
extra growths.
>
> Is this something that frequently occurs, or is it possibly an effect o=f my
growing conditions? I have them under lights (12 hours on) at a fairly co=ol
temperature of about 60-62 F.
>
> George
>
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<div>I'll try to get a photo of the consanguineum tonight.&nbsp; The flav=um have already gone dormant, and are in the fridge.<br>
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<pre><tt>Any photo of them ?
Gusman

&gt;  I don't know if this is common or what, but it shocked me, and I wo=uld like
to know more about it. I had thought that only an eophyll was present in =the
first growth cycle of germinated seed, but now I have 2 instances of seco=ndary
leaves growing out as well.
&gt;
&gt; 1 Of 10 seeds of A flavum planted on 10/29/06, all germinated by 11/=19/06. On
12/20/06, I noticed that in 2 instances, small secondary leaves were grow=ing up
alongside the eophylls. These looked exactly like the eophyll but smaller=. When
the plants went dormant in late January, tubers were harvested, but no
difference was seen in these 2 versus the rest.
&gt;
&gt; 2 34 seeds of A consanguineum were planted on 11/30/06, of these, 31=had
germinated by 1/12/07. On 3 21/07, I noticed secondary growth on 3 of the=se. As
of yesterday, 6 plants have shown secondary growth. 4 plants have 1 extra=leaf,
1 has 2 , and 1 has 3 extra leaves. These do not look like the eophylls, =but are
very long and narrow, looking like blades of grass, and quite small compa=red to
the eophyll. These plants are all still in active growth.
&gt;
&gt; So far, seeds of 8 other species I have germinated have not shown an=y of these
extra growths.
&gt;
&gt; Is this something that frequently occurs, or is it possibly an effec=t of my
growing conditions? I have them under lights (12 hours on) at a fairly co=ol
temperature of about 60-62 F.
&gt;
&gt; George
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