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RickCorey said:I agree with "it doesn't matter" ... unless you only have a FEW marigold seeds, or if you (like me) love to obsess over details. Sowing orientation matters with bulbs, but hardly at all with seeds. (Most seeds?)

I forget which end the baby marigold root emerges from (the radicle).

But that isn't the whole answer, because the radicle in many seeds seems to be pre-programmed to make an 180 degree turn after it emerges.

Actually, Rick, I'm pretty sure that most seeds have a "survival instinct" for the radical to turn down always, no matter what angle they have to grow through to get to down.

In honor of Pi day yesterday, and because I have some extra marigold seeds, and perhaps too much thyme on my hands, I've started this experiment in the interest of science, and to provide a "final answer" to this perplexing question:



I'll check back in a few days with pictures of the experimental results.