Re: Cooked Seed Vigor
hey craig,
it must have been that those seeds needed a little extra nutrition i'll
try feeding my seeds a little ham for dinner i guess there'll be a lot of
non-kosher pumpkins out there this year deb and randy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Johnson" <cjohnson@pacificacapitalgroup.com>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 10:31 AM
Subject: RE: Cooked Seed Vigor
> Being the brilliant pumpkin grower that I am, on April 19th I carefully
> filed and then soaked my seeds in a mixture of previously boiled rain
water
> and seaweed extract. The 1098 Ciliberto and 1097.5 Beachy were then placed
> in a zip-lock bag with a moist paper towel and set on a dish which rested
on
> top of our O'Keefe & Merritt range top (the pilot light keeps it just the
> right temperature). On Easter morning I decided to move the seeds to the
> shelf above the range (by a heat vent) to avoid any mishap with the seeds.
>
> When I returned home from Easter morning church I started cleaning up the
> yard for the Easter egg hunt while my visiting father-in-law began cooking
> the Ham. About 45 minutes later I walked by the stove and realized that my
> zip-locked seeds were being cooked to a steamy perfection. I had placed
them
> too close to the stove heat vent and the zip-lock bag had partially
> melted/welded onto the vent grid. I quickly cut open the bag (the zip had
> melted closed) and attempted to remove the seeds, but the paper towel was
> too hot to handle. I finally separate the seeds and rolled them from hand
to
> hand until they were cool enough to cradle in my palms.
>
> After kicking myself for five minutes I planted the seeds in their
prepared
> garden spots and set about filing and soaking the backup seeds (810
> Christensen and 821 Garrell). The Easter Egg hunt was briefly delayed. On
> April 25 I visited my garden to pull some weeds, check on the corn and
> tomatoes and my drip system. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a flash of
> green under the Costco pretzel jar I had placed over the planted pumpkin
> seeds. I lifted the jar and sure enough the Beachy was pushing through the
> soil. I jumped over (small garden) to the Ciliberto and there too was a
> spunky pumpkin plant about to break the surface. We'll see how these
plants
> do, but I may have an extra Christensen and Garrell vine for someone in
> SoCal.
>
> Good Luck
> Craig
> Pacific Palisades, CA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On Behalf
> Of Mastrpumkn@aol.com
> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 9:36 PM
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Subject: Re: 720Parks
>
>
> Gary,
> Got your seed today, thank you. I'll get your other one off to you as
> soon as I'm finished planting my seeds for this year. I'm so behind!
>
> Alan
>
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