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Friday, April 06, 2018
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The Pumpkinguru
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Cornelius, Oregon
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Entry 43 of 53 |
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Trial number 1 is underway. For those playing along at home, prepping the giant pumpkin or squash seed for planting is fairly simple. Picture 1 shows a seed that has been filed with a fingernail file down to the layer just before the cotyledon material. This allows for more rapid moisture absorption to the embryo and also allows the embryo to free itself from the seed coat easier. Next I soak the seeds (for the trials I just use tap water) in water for one hour, using a paper towel to keep the seeds submerged. Then after that, I go ahead and put the seeds in the starting containers mentioned in the post yesterday. I put them in at a 45 degree angle flat surface up/down. These seeds went in last night at 10:00 PM and were a mix of 16 year old seeds and seeds from last year. Temp in the incubator was a nice 80 degrees.
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