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What is the advantage of seeds selected to be all the same weight?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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What is a primed seed?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

Seeds that are sorted by weight results in seedlings all coming up at the same time

Answer to Question 2

A primed or enhanced seed has been soaked in salt solutions of potassium chloride (KCl)
or ethyl alcohol to activate the seed's growth hormones or enzymes to the seed radical
or young root to grow. By regulating the amount of moisture and chemical, growth of the
radical is stopped at a point where the seed may still be safely stored





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