{"id":453,"date":"2010-04-27T09:53:49","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T14:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itfarmer.wordpress.com\/?p=453"},"modified":"2010-04-27T09:53:49","modified_gmt":"2010-04-27T14:53:49","slug":"a-three-leaf-seedling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/?p=453","title":{"rendered":"A Three Leaf Seedling\u00a0?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_454\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itfarmersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/import\/tri-leaf-seedlings.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-454\" class=\"size-full wp-image-454\" title=\"San Marzano Seedling with Three Starter Leaves\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itfarmersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/import\/tri-leaf-seedlings.png\" alt=\"San Marzano Seedling with Three Starter Leaves\" width=\"540\" height=\"370\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-454\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Marzano Seedling with Three Starter Leaves<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0I&#8217;m not sure what to think about this seedling with three starter leaves, but I am pretty sure it is a genetic trait that has been changed from the other seedlings. Having three leaves would seem like an advantage, since this would allow the plant to collect 50% more light while growing, but it would also require 50 % more plant material. I have marked this seedling, and I hope to track it all the way through it&#8217;s growth cycle. If the tomatoes that it bears are similar to others, or if they taste or look better, I&#8217;ll save those seeds. Next year, I&#8217;ll look for the same trait in those seedlings, and pinch off the two leaf seedlings. If I do this long enough, I should get a unique new tomato variety.<\/p>\n<p>However, it could be all a waste of time&#8230;&#8230; I imagine the business that sold me these seeds would use some kind of mechanized system to sort seeds, and this could simply be a stray flower seed.<\/p>\n<p>Time will tell&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0I&#8217;m not sure what to think about this seedling with three starter leaves, but I am pretty sure it is a genetic trait that has been changed from the other seedlings. Having three leaves would seem like an advantage, since &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/?p=453\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}