Re: Freezing Seeds
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- Subject: Re: Freezing Seeds
- From: D* L* <g*@rogerswave.ca>
- Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 14:39:33 -0700 (MST)
On Fri, 10 Jan 1997, Walter A. Moores wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Jan 1997, Diana Louis wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, Walter A. Moores wrote:
> >
> > > > > If you plant the seeds in the ground outside, with freezing over winter,
> > > > > germination is ok...BUT if you freeze the seeds in the fridge, germination
> > > > > will be very poor...if at all. Don't ask me why. Clarence Mahan in VA
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > I have frozen seeds for years and got excellent germination!
> > Walter Moores Enid Lake, MS
>
> >
> > Walter, were you using a frost free freezer or one that has frost
> > in it? As Donnald Mosser pointed out the frost free freezers are
> > kind of hard on seeds.
> I have used both but mainly an old 30 yr. old chest type
> freezer we called the deep freeze which was always encrusted with frost.
OK It looks as if there is too much drying going on in the frost
free freezers. So if you have a freezer that has frost in it use
that to freeze seeds.
--
Diana Louis <dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca>
Zone 4/5 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
