The Radicle and 2021
We have wrapped up the first month of 2021 and are busy at St Croix Valley Produce preparing for the growing season. As snow covers the fields and greenhouses, meetings are being held, seed is being ordered and relationships with all sorts of customers are being strengthened to ensure that we meet the needs and desires of our valued customers. As those preparations are underway, it had me thinking about radicles. 2020 was radical, which is an entirely different word, but 2021 will give us the roots we need to sustain our New Normal, hence the RADICLE.
In Plant science, botany, and in agriculture in general, we all remember our elementary school science class and propagating a bean or sunflower seed with a damp paper towel and plastic baggie. The miracle of life played out in a school building window. As we advanced in school, we may have learned the different names for parts of the plant, and about photosynthesis. My favorite part of any plant is the Radicle.
Features of Radicle
When we plant seeds, the first part to emerge in the miracle of growth is the radicle. It is the lower part of the axis and becomes the primary, rudimentary root. It literally is the lifeline and anchor to the plant. As we plan our 2021 season, I hope you will join us on the journey. Become radicle with your food choices. Know from where that food comes from, and in a world of uncertainty, be the radicle that gathers loved ones around the table, nourishing each other. And be sure and follow along with us has we update you from seed, to radicle, to plant to harvest.
As we gather ice for the icehouses that will cool our produce all season long, we know we are preparing for an amazing season. Our farmers care about their land and the food that it produces, each segment of a growing season has a lot of stories, and we will share them here. You might meet a few of our customers who have found great value in locally grown, too. Those customers are making a difference in food deserts, in restaurants and in grocery stores and right to their tables.
From wholesale produce, to cooperatives to CSAs, St Croix Valley Produce has you covered.
Photo credit Genius website 6th grade biology
We have wrapped up the first month of 2021 and are busy at St Croix Valley Produce preparing for the growing season. As snow covers the fields and greenhouses, meetings are being held, seed is being ordered and relationships with all sorts of customers are being strengthened to ensure that we meet the needs and desires of our valued customers. As those preparations are underway, it had me thinking about radicles. 2020 was radical, which is an entirely different word, but 2021 will give us the roots we need to sustain our New Normal, hence the RADICLE.
In Plant science, botany, and in agriculture in general, we all remember our elementary school science class and propagating a bean or sunflower seed with a damp paper towel and plastic baggie. The miracle of life played out in a school building window. As we advanced in school, we may have learned the different names for parts of the plant, and about photosynthesis. My favorite part of any plant is the Radicle.
Features of Radicle
- Radicle is whitish in color.
- Radicle develops into the root system of the new plant.
- Radicle is positively geotropism, as it moves towards the soil.
- Radicle is positively hydrotropic, as it moves towards the moisture.
- Radicle is negatively phototropic, as it grows away from the sunlight.
- Radicle is the parts of the plant embryo, which is found inside the seed.
- During the germination of the seed, the radicle is developed first through the micropyle of the seed.
- The newly developed radicle is protected by a root cap and the radicle functions by absorption and transportation of water and nutrients for further growth and development of the new plant.
When we plant seeds, the first part to emerge in the miracle of growth is the radicle. It is the lower part of the axis and becomes the primary, rudimentary root. It literally is the lifeline and anchor to the plant. As we plan our 2021 season, I hope you will join us on the journey. Become radicle with your food choices. Know from where that food comes from, and in a world of uncertainty, be the radicle that gathers loved ones around the table, nourishing each other. And be sure and follow along with us has we update you from seed, to radicle, to plant to harvest.
As we gather ice for the icehouses that will cool our produce all season long, we know we are preparing for an amazing season. Our farmers care about their land and the food that it produces, each segment of a growing season has a lot of stories, and we will share them here. You might meet a few of our customers who have found great value in locally grown, too. Those customers are making a difference in food deserts, in restaurants and in grocery stores and right to their tables.
From wholesale produce, to cooperatives to CSAs, St Croix Valley Produce has you covered.
Photo credit Genius website 6th grade biology
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