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Monday, April 27, 2009
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pumpkin cholo
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Bloomington, IN
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This past Friday I decided to do one last practice germination using the paper towel method, and man was I disappointed. 0 for 3 as apposed to the 2 for 2 I had in March. There are three reasons I can think of as to why they failed. One being that when I first put them in the germination chamber, the weather out side was in the 80’s and all the windows in the house were open, and so that warm outside air caused the inside of the chamber to swelter to 100. To cool it down I simply opened the lid, which did the trick, but then my mom decided it was too hot outside and she turned the AC on. I forgot to close the lid on the chamber and so it cooled down to about 72F. So I figure the big temperature swings played a role. Second, just like dpsnoopy did in this thread,
http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=3&p=297775
in this second practice germination I too used a different (and of course cheaper) brand of paper towel. And three, well a different seed stock might have played a role too. Since I’m not sure what did it, when I start my competition plants tomorrow, I will file lightly, soak, and sow directly into pre-heated and moistened seed starting mix, because to me simpler = better. Thank GOD I did that practice germination. I’m glad whatever the problem was it was caught in practice rather than the real deal!
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