Microgreens are tiny, immature versions of selected edible vegetables, herbs and other plants harvested anywhere from 7 to 21 ...

From dust-like orchid seeds to the massive double coconuts, the variation in seed size is one of nature's most striking ...

The pre-formed leaves found inside seeds are designed to contribute to successful establishment of newly germinated seedlings. These leaves are called cotyledons by botanists and are central ...

It's important to prick out as soon as the plant is ready which is usually when the first true leaves emerge (ie the second set of leaves that emerge after the seed or cotyledon leaves).

Now that the holiday bustle is over and you’re turning your attention to that stack of seed catalogs, how about trying something new in your vegetable garden this year, microgreens!

This root growth is enabled by resources that are stored within the seeds but also supported by new food produced by photosynthesis of the cotyledons (arrow). The most vulnerable phase of a plant ...