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Re: How to Winter Sow Seeds Outdoors

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----- Original Message ----- From: jallan6977
<jallan6977@clarityconnect.com>
>...
>    I was cuting down my 20*50 field of hairy vetch and buckwheat today
and
> found a squash plant volunteer a good 2ft high.  It had been camoflaged
in
> the weeds, buckwheat and vetch.  It appeared perfectly healthy so I left
it
> to see what happens.  I guess that proves to me at least that the seeds
can
> survive the winter with no special protection.

Many people who save seeds store them in the freezer so cold temperature
should not be a problem.  The bigger problems are high temperature and high
moisture.  Seeds subjected to flucuating temperatures and moisture levels
tend to lose lose their ability to germinate and, if the seed hull is soft,
may also tend to rot.   Fall-seeded frost sensitive-plants may also emerge
too early in the spring and get zapped by frosts.  But fall seeding works
pretty well for some things.  I suppose if one really wants to plant in the
fall, the best way to find out what will happen in your area is to
experiment (as other posts have indicated).  -Olin


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