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Tuesday, May 01, 2012
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Ashland, KY
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Seed intensive care! I received my 1561 Stevens seeds in the mail and one of the two looked like it was in need of serious botanical health care! The seed was split along the entire edge of one side and half around the round end. The cots were visible and had even begun to turn a light shade of green. Hmmm…so, ok, maybe it would have germinated no matter what I did, but I felt that soaking/immersing in water or plopping into soil straight away would be bad for the health of the seed. Maybe mold or mildew would fester, maybe the embryo was fragile and may drown, who knows. So, following my thoughts that slow hydration, air and warmth are all important factors, I rigged the set-up in the picture. I saturated a wad of paper towel and stuffed it onto a very small plastic container. I added the seed, tip first, into the paper towel. This kept the cots and bulk of the seed dry, but the tip could slowly adsorb moisture. I inserted this into a larger container that had some water in the bottom, just to keep the humidity high. Entire thing held at 86ish deg. F. And see following pic- germination in 48 hours! Yay! But, as I said, it may have geminated no matter what I did, so who knows if this method was useful. However, I had fun!
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