HYB: question - peroxide & seed stratification
- Subject: HYB: question - peroxide & seed stratification
- From: L* M*
- Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 12:36:38 -0400
Well, my absent mindedness left my experimental seeds soaking in the
toilet tank for almost a month instead of the list-recommended ten
days. Also, I forgot that I keep a big tablet of Clorox toilet bowl
'cleaner' in the tank - bleached out the toes of the nylon stockings
that the seeds were in. I guess this stuff is some kind of peroxide
producing concoction? I don't have a package label here to see what's
in it.
Anybody care to guess what damage I might have done to the seeds in this
accidental experiment?
The seeds are now in the fridge, still in their damp stockings, in a
plastic baggie. I take them out and rinse them every day just to make
sure I don't forget about them (again!). I had hoped to be able to
plant them outdoors by the end of this month so that they might get a
little bit of growth before really cold weather hits (which sometimes
happens as early as November, tho it usually will be warm again before
January). I will be putting them in a well-protected coldframe that
will keep them from freezing unless temps drop below 10oF or so (rarely
happens till January & didn't happen at all last winter).
What's the minimum amount of time I can refrigerate them and get
'immediate' germination when I pot them up?
Thanks, Neil, for asking the seedling germination question and reminding
me to rescue my seeds from the toilet tank!
Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
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