So if I plant 1 seed of a plant, does that always mean that only ONE plant willl grow? I'm supposed to be doing an exxperiment on plants but I'm seeing 5 plants in a pot where only 2 seeds were planted? is that how it works?
2006-11-11 07:33:48 · 10 answers · asked by catspaw2k1 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
it's a Spinach v. Radish Interspecies competition experiment...not weed or something for all the crazy people out there
2006-11-11 07:37:46 · update #1
Technically, one should only get one plant from one seed. However, I have had three plants sprout from a single grapefruit seed. This has happened more than once. I'm not sure why nor was my biology teacher. I am thinking that it may have something to do with cross polination of hybrid trees.
2006-11-11 13:30:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A true seed will produce only one plant, but some of what the average person calls "seeds" are actually very tiny hard fruits with multiple seeds inside them. Sugar beets have these.
I don't think radish or spinach has these kind of fruit. There are a lot of weeds that have very tiny seeds that get into everything. Make sure what is growing is spinach and radish.
2006-11-11 11:12:34 · answer #2 · answered by Shanna J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anybody seed that grows will do it. although as long as you will the hard artwork of planting seeds maximum folk put in 3 or 4 just to make confident that some thing grows in each hill on account that no longer all seeds germinate.
2016-12-14 05:28:36 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nucellar embryos ,, present in Ruta(citruses, grapefruit) , Mangifera(mango ) very , very commonly have multiple embryos in 1 seed.
OR orchids germinate undifferentiates (although will differentiate one-to-one) you can play with it to grow a few points from a purposefully overgrown explant. And some other plants will do this , also.
Multiple ambryos and multiple differentiation is common in plants. But , is species specific. This is the reason why oranges are not bred from seed !!
** Also funny in physiology is polymorphism ,, where if you grew from seed you can't eat or sell the stuff (citrus , grapefruit and mangos)
** you have to grow "cut-the-guy-out" , graft (branh morphology) to get the commercial fruit , else it is one acrid , mean bulb !!
2006-11-11 15:29:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One seed one plant.
2006-11-11 08:00:52 · answer #5 · answered by Dr. J. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can only sprout one plant from one seed
2006-11-11 07:41:44 · answer #6 · answered by Thankyou4givengmeaheadache 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some seeds are really a group of seeds
2006-11-11 12:04:21 · answer #7 · answered by Ralph 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one plant per seed the rest were probably already in the soil
2006-11-11 07:41:23 · answer #8 · answered by cool_clearwater 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What kind of plant you growing can i have some
2006-11-11 07:36:33 · answer #9 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
um...1???
2006-11-11 07:36:07 · answer #10 · answered by Jovigrl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋