Re: [CH] odd seedling

Douglas Irvine (dougandmarie@home.com)
Wed, 12 Apr 2000 08:08:11 +0000

HHHHmmmmmmmmmm....Poison Ivy ????? :-) Doug in BC

Dave Anderson wrote:
> 
> Seedlings with one leaf like grass or corn or daylilies are called
> monocots. Seedlings with two leaves like peppers, tomatoes  and
> cucumbers are called dicots. You seem to have a tricot which is
> probably caused by genetic engineering or close proximity to
> nuclear waste:-)
> 
> Dave
> TLCC
> 
> >    One of the seeds I planted sprouted and started to grow
> > normally.  Then when the seed coat came off it turned out
> > to have three seed leaves instead of the usual two.  I looked
> > closely to see if it was a tear or maybe a true leaf, but it
> > really has three seed leaves.  In all other aspects it is
> > identical to its siblings, all of which have two seed leaves.
> >
> >
> > Scott... Has anybody else ever seen this?... KCK
> >