Re: Ernest: Botany related

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Lee, when I took the Master Gardener courses, I learned that the first

leaves were called the cotyledon because they proceeded the true leaves.

We were really taught more about gardening than about botany. So, I can't

really answer your questions any betten than that. The function of a

Master Gardener is to teach people how to grow their own food. Being a

Master Gardener is a lot about where to find the answers rather that

knowing all of the answers.     ew

Re: My bean sprouts have ERUPTED!!!

> Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:07:07 -0400

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> Ernest,

> My understand of beans is that they are dicotyledons and that the

the

> two halves of the seed inside the hull are the cotyledons so

anything

> that comes after that is the true leaves. So I think that Melody is

> calling these first true leaves as the flowers. Take a look at this

> picture;

> http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/290365/72144-035-AE10EFC1.jpg

> Lee