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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
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shazzy
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Joliet, IL
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and the season is officially on the way. all 15 are up. the 1303 sweet was the first one completely out of the ground at 3 days and i helped remove the seed coat last night. this morning i helped out a bunch more and tonight after work the remaining coats are all off now and greening up under the flourescent. two of the 1135 got hung up while pushing dirt. you can see the one in front and another behind it not visiable as i just removed the coat and it is barely showing above ground level and blocked by the one marker. by hung up i mean as they were pushing dirt upwards they turned sidways and then then completely bent upside down and the split open shells were now digging into the dirt upwards and impeding the upward growth and the removal of the coat process. after 120 something plants started over the past 2 years, i learned the best way to handle these is to dig out surrounding seed starter mix completely around the bent seed coated cots. then carelly get your finger nails under the split coat bases and carefully pull open and remove. this will prevent them rotting tips of cots during this hung up process and get them straightened out and greening up to stay up with the rest of them. the more coats you help remove, the better you get at it. careful is the key word. and if there is onion skin holding the white cot tips or if the cut tips are stuck together and will not open on there own then careflly work a razor blade or finger nail along the stuck together cots and carefully pry the top of the leaves open and when the seal is released you should see them separtate all the way down on the sides. if not use the razor or fingernail down both sides. if you help remove a seed coat shell too early than this situation is bound to happen to you eventually. i like to see the cots separtated with the coats still on before helping them off. best of luck to all in 2012 and let these silliest of games begin!!!!
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