What's the jar technique? I've never heard of it.

And I'm afraid I have to agree...my understanding of the tone of the thread was from somone new here popping in to tell us that we're all wrong about things. Yeah, we are normally a relaxed crowd. Until, perhaps, something like that happens.
Weedhound Reviewed by Weedhound on . Myth about tap roots... OK for awhile now I have seen time and again people say "PUT THE TAP ROOT DOWN!!!!" when advising people on how to put a germinated seed to soil. I am curious why so many people seem to think this is such a big issue? I studied botony heavily as an undergraduate, and during a lab one day I specifically remember the PhD remarking that it makes no difference which way the tap root faces; it will grow down even if initially facing up (there was a lecture about gravitropism). The shoot will Rating: 5