This blog follows a college level class designed for 90 non-agriculture majors who desire to learn about vegetable gardening. The basic principles of gardening and an overview of different vegetable crops will be covered in brief lectures followed by work in on-campus vegetable gardens. Each students gets their own garden plot and can choose from a variety of crops to grow throughout the fall season.

Monday, August 20, 2012

Germination-Station

The greenhouse is now a Germination Station! All plants are emerging and some are starting to develop their first 'True Leaves.' The cotyledons are not considered to be true leaves because they have already been formed within the seed instead of being formed post-germination. Below are examples from pepper and tomato.

 Pepper: 

 Tomato:

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