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Thursday, March 15, 2018
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The Pumpkinguru
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Cornelius, Oregon
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Another fantastic haily and rainy afternoon in the pumpkin patch allows me to fill in with another experiment. I snagged this picture off Google, so credit to whoever took it, but this is what I did in my second germination trial last year. I used standard paper towels (think they were Bounty) and used sterilized water to moisten the paper towel. I went with a moisture level of dunking the towel in the water and then wringing out as much as I could by squeezing it. I soaked the pumpkin seeds in a 50/50 solution of store bought hydrogen peroxide and water for 1 hour at room temperature. Then folded the towel so that there were a couple layers below and above the seed and then stuffed the whole thing in a ziplock and placed it in a temperature controlled environment at 82 degrees. Results were good, and even got a very old seed to germinate using this method (940 Mombert 98), so in a pinch, it is one to consider.
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