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SILVERTONAPPEAL.COM ❚ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2018 ❚ 3B The best time to transplant seeds Gardening Carol Savonen Guest columnist Question: I’ve been reading articles about how to start seeds indoors before planting them outdoors. How do I distinguish a “true leaf ” from a "seed leaf?" The directions say to transplant things when they have 2 to 3 sets of “true leaves.” I have not been able to find this information in any of my gardening books, even though, they too, use the term “true leaf.” Answer: Plant scientists call the very first leaf or leaves that show up when a seed germinates “cotyle- dons” or “seed leaves.” These seed leaves came out of the seed along with the plant embryo. These seed leaves provide nutrients for the tiny sprouting embryo plant as it begins to grow. Some seeds such as beans contain relatively big seed leaves. Next time you plant beans, watch as they germinate. Those first fleshy leaves are the seed leaves, or cotyledons, as they were part of the seed. The next pair of leaves that grow are thinner and more defined. These the first of the “true leaves.” When a seed germinates, it is racing to produce its own true leaves before the food stored in the seed leaves runs out. If you plant old seed, germination and growth are not as vigorous as when you plant fresh seed with fresh seed leaves for the growing sprout. Old seeds often have depleted seed leaves. They lose their vigor during long storage. Think of it as if you are feeding your baby plants rotten leftovers from the fridge instead of fresh mother’s milk. Once your seeds are up, be careful not to harm the seed leaves when watering, thinning or transplanting. If the seed leaves are destroyed or damaged early on, it dooms the plant. Err on the side of waiting for warmth. If you plant seed outdoors too early in soil that is too cold and wet, the seed leaves may exhaust themselves before the plant produces enough true leaves to grow vigorously. Pay attention to soil temperature. If temperatures of your soil (not your air in the yard) stay below 50 de- grees, then you may have to wait, use techniques such as black plastic or a cold frame or plant sprouted seed. Here are a few more secrets for beating cold and wet spring conditions: ❚ Presprout peas by soaking them for a few hours in water, then start them indoors in newspaper tubes, toilet paper roll cardboard or paper cups. When they are a couple inches tall, cold harden them for a week or more. Then plant them outside when they are 4 to six Chia Continued from Page 2B Marion-Polk Food Share already has notified the 100-plus food banks and meal sites it supplies, al- though not all those organizations would have re- ceived the chia seeds. Donations are tracked by category, such as condi- ments, but not by specific item, Oblack said, so the food share can’t tell exactly where the seeds went. Among the bigger groups that may have received it: Union Gospel Mission and the Salvation Army. Meals-on-Wheels, which is run by the food bank, would not have received the chia seeds. "Our first concern is food safety," said Rick Gaupo, Marion-Polk Food Share president and CEO. "Occa- Once your seeds are up, be careful not to harm the seed leaves when watering, thinning or transplanting. If the seed leaves are destroyed or damaged early on, it dooms the plant. GETTY IMAGES inches tall. ❚ Protect new sprouts from birds and other critters, as these animals love to eat the young pea plants. Spun row cover or chicken wire are good tools to keep ma- rauding birds away. ❚ Use a cold frame or plastic hoop houses over your beds to keep the rain off young transplants in the early spring. When we have our occasional sunny days, drier soils warm more quickly. Then plant early cool weath- er crop seed under cover. Asian greens, lettuce, broc- coli raab and arugula germinate well undercover in March. If it is sunny, don’t forget to crack open the cold frame or open an end or two of your hoop house. ❚ Start your earliest broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower indoors. Or buy starts to get an even earlier crop than sionally, we receive alerts about donated food. We have procedures in place to remove the food from our inventory and notify our partners and the public to dispose of the product." The seeds were distributed in one-pound plastic poly film bags or resealable pouches, both with the Oregon Food Bank logo. Marion-Polk Food Share has asked its members to post signs notifying the public of the recall and to re- turn any seeds still in inventory. The food share, in turn, will send the recalled seeds back to Oregon Food Bank. “I’ve also instructed our order pickers to keep an eye out for this product that might be buried in the middle of a pallet,” he said. “We’re going to do our best to keep them off the streets, so to speak.” tloew@statesmanjournal.com, 503-399-6779 or follow at Twitter.com/Tracy_Loew " "- # #& && '#,& /#+& "- #! JOBS.STATESMANJOURNAL.COM Michael ichael Schmid Schmidt Principal Broker, GRI 873-3545 ext. 314 PUBLIC NOTICES POLICY Public Notices are published by the Statesman Journal and available online at w w w .S ta te s m a n J o u r n a l.c o m . The Statesman Journal lobby is open Monday - Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. You can reach them by phone at 503-399-6789. In order to receive a quote for a public notice you must e-mail your copy to SJLegals@StatesmanJournal.com , and our Legal Clerk will return a proposal with cost, publication date(s), and a preview of the ad. 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