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Wednesday, March 01, 2017
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Tom K
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Massachusetts
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I have a cracked seed that I want to grow this year. So I did a germination test run using some damaged seeds that I have received over the last couple of years. All seeds were stored frozen. Normally I soak the seeds for an hour in dilute H2O2 or dilute Humic/Fulvic then 12 hours in a damp paper towel then into jiffy mix in a peat pot at 89 degrees. With these seeds, I skipped the 1 hr. soak to avoid filling the seed with liquid. So 12 hours in a damp paper towel then into the jiffy mix. Of 6 seeds started, 5 popped thru soil and were moved to light between 108 and 132 hours. The only seed that did not germinate was a seed from 2011 that had a pretty mean looking chunk broken off. Picture tells the story. Look closely and you can pretty much match up little cot bruises to where the seed damage was. Of the 5 that germinated, 4 are nice looking. One is malformed.
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