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Post by aineo on Jan 30, 2013 17:56:19 GMT -5
Though I have gardened for a number of years, until the last several I have not grown my own plants out from seed. That being said, this might be a dumb question, but I don't know the answer. Is it odd for a plant to have pink leaves right after germination? The picture attached to this post is Romanesco Broccoli, and all the other seeds that were started at the same time are green, but these are pink. Attachments:
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Post by oxbowfarm on Jan 30, 2013 18:47:07 GMT -5
Looks to me like that seedling has got some kind of chlorophyll production issue. I think what you are seeing is the pink anthocyanin pigments showing because there isn't enough/any chlorophyll in most of the cotyledon to mask them. Notice how the other seedlings have the same red/pink color on the petioles? They probably have just as much or more of the pink pigments in their cotyledons but they are masked by their normal levels of chlorophyll. Kind of cool! My guess is that seedling isn't long for this world, but it does have a little green showing so maybe it will green up and survive? If it does the pink will disappear behind the green.
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Post by steev on Jan 30, 2013 22:06:43 GMT -5
I think it's just embarrassed to be "out".
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Post by raymondo on Jan 30, 2013 22:58:01 GMT -5
I think it's just embarrassed to be "out". Good chuckle with that one! Oxbow is probably right. There is a lot of natural variation in a seed grown population of non-hybrid cultivars so expect to see differences. |
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Post by aineo on Jan 31, 2013 6:00:21 GMT -5
Thanks for a good laugh.  I think it's just embarrassed to be "out". |
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Post by aineo on Jan 31, 2013 6:01:19 GMT -5
Thanks Ox, I appreciate it. Looks to me like that seedling has got some kind of chlorophyll production issue. |
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