Monthly Archives: April 2018

Eggplant With Three Seed Leaves

Posted on Friday 27 April 2018 by brianbreczinski

One of my eggplant seedlings has three cotyledons or seed leaves.  I’ve found extra seed leaves on my vegetable plants before, but only on cabbage family seedlings (see previous posts Seed Coats, Seed Leaves, True Leaves, & Mutant Kale and Mutant Mustard). … Continue reading →

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Huge Seed Leaves

Posted on Thursday 26 April 2018 by brianbreczinski

I planted ‘green tiger zucchini’ summer squash for the first time this year.  I was surprised to see that they grew huge seed leaves, or cotyledons, that are much larger than those of other squash I’ve grown.  I  measured the leaf … Continue reading →

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