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Study by yourself | For beginners who are bringing up the morning glory for the first time, starting a daily observation journal would be a good idea. Even an expert who has raised morning glories for dozens of years still keeps proper records, and refers to those records in following years. Make a note about any kind of doubt you might have. Then you can test and study how your doubt is resolved. |
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Studying the seed
Let's examine the color, shape and size of seeds before we sow them. Let's watch what the relationships are between the characteristics of seeds and the characteristics of the leaves and flowers that grow from those seeds. |
 Various colors, shapes and sizes of seeds |
 A stripe across the round back of a seed means that the leaves will be spotted. |
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Wounding in the cotyledons
Let's compare seeds with and without wounding. Then, let's examine the relationship between how badly a cotyledon is damaged and how long it takes the seed to germinate. |
 A seed has been cut so deeply that the cotyledon was partially damaged. |
 The leaves grew with a slight delay, but developed normally. |
 Two leaf buds appeared alongside each other. |
| From sprouting to the cotyledon opening |
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The axis (hypocotyl) comes out first.
2 The hypocotyl grows and lifts the cotyledons. 3 Cotyledons facing each other are still in the closed condition. |
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