Re: HYB: germination experiment

Thanks Sharon - I've rarely had more than a few seeds rot, although all
seeds in one cross rotted last year.

Were you soaking in the toilet tank? (the seeds, that is....)

I will definitely try stratifying some seeds without soaking this year.

<The purpose of soaking is to rehydrate dried seeds and separate the
viable
                   ones from the chaff.  In recent years, I've soaked
seeds only long enough to
                   accomplish that -- rarely more than 2 days.

                   Many years ago, I experimented with the lengthy soak
then suggested as a
                   means of getting rid of germination inhibitors -- but
my losses approached 100%.
                   I concluded that longer soaks increase the risks of
inducing rot.

                   I did find, however, that further conditioning in
damp vermiculite, perlite,
                   or paper towels would continue to leach out
germination inhibitors with less
                   risk of rot.

                   Sharon McAllister>

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