there's something going on in the baggies...finally...the seeds in these two batches i'm trying to germinate came from a bag of apples from michigan...the two original ones were from a really mealy apple from washington state...some of the apples from michigan were mealy as well...and some were sort of crisp...i collected them from apples i ate for breakfast with sunflower seeds at work and i have no idea which were from mealy apples and which were form crisp...odds are they were mealy though...as i recall the bag was not overly populated with anything resembling fresh fruit...anyway some are germinating...the top photo is a group of seeds that has been in a baggie since 31 december 2010 and the second is of a batch i put in on 7 january 2011...they are starting to grow and if things go well the remainig washington state apple tree will have some company under the grow light soon...the reamining tree has been in that peat pot for fifty-six days now and it seems fine...it hasn't grown bertically since the last update, but it now has eight leaves...the tree that keeled over shot up like kudzu so i am hoping this one's slower growth and increase in foliage indicate it is investing some energy in growing a good rootsystem that will support better vertical growth later...if experience can be relied on it will be a few weeks yet before the seeds will be ready to pot...more on this side project ( although trees are perennials and fall inside the parameters of the garden...might be a stretch...but it's my garden...and...as it stands this evening...it's my project too...my choice...tangent or not) as it comes to light...peace out.
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