monocot seedlings without chlorophyll
Robert Lauf via pbs (Fri, 12 Feb 2021 09:26:50 PST)

I have always wondered about supplying sugar to the albino as we do in germinating orchids.  Can a plant possibly absorb glucose through the roots?  If so, it could certainly translocate it, but it could sure be a mess in the greenhouse, unless you were just growing one plant hydroponically. And even then you'd soon have a mold problem, not to mention being a magnet for all manner of vermin.

Is it possible that variegated morphs of shade-loving plants could be useful to the gardener who doesn't have any shade?

Bob   in gloomy Zone 7  My sympathy to our friends in the upper Midwest!

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