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Name: Helen
Status: other
Grade: n/a
Location: Outside U.S.
Country: United Kingdom
Date: Spring 2011
Question:
Does planting cress seeds more densely cause them to germinate more quickly, and to grow taller?


Replies:
Yes, this can be expected as a result but not the optimum for growing healthy plants:

These three Q & A look like the exact same question you are asking:

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100311043752AA3Uv9x

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100311043841AAFLf37

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100311043946AAJCoBS

This explains how best to plant cress seeds:

http://www.ehow.com/how_6500081_plant-cress-seeds.html

Sincerely, Anthony R. Brach, PhD Missouri Botanical Garden c/o Harvard University Herbaria


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