Re: Easy way to pre-soak-sprout seeds?]

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• From: R* <r*@texas.net>
• Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 12:52:47 -0500
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• To: b*@mhn.org
• Subject: Re: Easy way to pre-soak-sprout seeds?
• From: R* <r*@texas.net>
• Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 12:35:12 -0500
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> But anyway, just soaking them in a clean cup of water seemed to work
> for me.  This pre-filled thing has nice, rich, loose dirt which
> appears to be highly favored by the sprouts.
>
> -Bertha
> bertha@mhn.org

I concur with Bertha, I do the same. I use warm (95F) water and soak
overnight and I've had up to 95% germination with chili peppers, cosmos,
watermelons, cantaloups, ipomeas, sweet/sugar/snap peas.

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