Deficiencies In Nutrition, Or Genetics?

[AllOra]

Thank you for this post and for the conversation.

I recently started a related thread, specifically about shell hardness and seedling “rescue.” probably would just have commented here had I known.

Dehulling considered harmful

Through extraordinary efforts to help seedlings survive we breed plants that cannot. This is symptomatic of our inability or unwillingness to differentiate between what is good for the plant¹ (vigor, seed abundance, adaptability, pest and disease resistance², etc.) and what is good for the grower (sexual stability, yield, growth speed, stone, photogenic bag appeal, high number chemotype, etc. ) I have helped many seeds out of their hulls. As of yesterday, I have set an intention to stop. It is …

@LimeGreen

My brother is in Portland, where rains are a real threat

Assuming Oregon and not Maine, I would like to trade with your brother.