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Spindly growth, also known as leggy growth, is a term used when two plants compete for sunlight and nutrients in order to develop. Causes
1. Leggy Stems. While more common when starting seeds, stretched out, leggy stems can also be an issue with houseplants. The stems grow longer, and the space between leaf nodes elongates as the ...
Etiolation / iː t i ə ˈ l eɪ ʃ ən / is a process in flowering plants grown in partial or complete absence of light. [1] It is characterized by long, weak stems; smaller leaves due to longer internodes; and a pale yellow color . The development of seedlings in the dark is known as "skotomorphogenesis" and leads to etiolated seedlings.
Grow lights often need to be closer to plants than you'd think.
Seed enhancement is a range of treatments of seeds that improves their performance after harvesting and conditioned, but before they are sown. They include priming, steeping, hardening, pregermination, pelleting, encrusting, film-coating, tagging and others, but excludes treatments for control of seed born pathogens .
A Pinus taeda seedling that was destroyed by fungus. Damping off (or damping-off) is a horticultural disease or condition, caused by several different pathogens that kill or weaken seeds or seedlings before or after they germinate. It is most prevalent in wet and cool conditions. [1]
Many seed species have an embryonic dormancy phase and generally will not sprout until this dormancy is broken. [ 1 ] The term stratification can be traced back to at least 1664 in John Evelyn 's Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber , [ 2 ] where seeds were layered (stratified) between layers of moist soil and the ...
Winter sowing is a method of starting seeds outdoors in winter. This is generally done with seeds that require a period of cold stratification. The method takes advantage of natural temperatures, rather than artificially refrigerating seeds.