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Well, it would if this board hadn't hosed up my pics.

Crap! now I gotta type.

Basicall, pot seeds are teardrop shaped.
They fall to the ground pointy end up.
The root emerges from the pointy end and is programmed to turn 180 degrees.
It does a u-turn.

That lets it push the root down without pushing the seed out of the ground.
When the root is established, it uses the bent part to drag it's self out of the ground backwards.
Which helps it shed it's husk.

Start with the tap root pointing up, and you seldom have to deal with a stuck-on seed husk.
The seedlings break ground sooner and healthier.

If you plant them with the emerging root pointed down, (which seems logical), they do their u-turn, start to see light, and do another u-turn.
That extra step uses up energy stored in the seed.

Causes stunting, or at the least, wimpyness, as the double bend slows transpiration.

Agrowha,
Weezard
Weezard Reviewed by Weezard on . Help! Is she dead? - Seedling did not sprout Gerimated 4 PC from Barney's using paper towel. 3 days in there and they had at least 1/2" if not longer taproots. Put them in soil (that was pre-watered a few hours before and left under 400w MH to heat up). Covered with plastic wrap and left under the lights at 18/6. Temp low is 19C and temp high is 30C, but usually around 28C. They were about 1-2" to 3/4" deep, sprinkled some soil on top from the sides of the cup and very lightly with my finger patted it down. 3 days later one seedling is Rating: 5