Revert "coerce num to be integer"
Revert "coerce num to be integer"

This reverts commit cee96697e32d6ab42eaf12d6ba7590aa88eacc18.

danforthcenter/plantcv,danforthcenter/plantcv,stiphyMT/plantcv,stiphyMT/plantcv,stiphyMT/plantcv,danforthcenter/plantcv