This is a public-interest archive. Personal data is pseudonymized and retained under GDPR Article 89.

Seed Bubbling

Chris and Wayne and whoever,

I'm finding this bubbling idea very interesting.  I don't have any
experience with pumpkins, but perhaps I could apply some information from
another area of horticulture.  When I was studying for my BS at the
University I took a course in plant propagation.  When looking at seed
germination there was a host of plant species that had seeds that needed to
be scarified before germinating.  The cause was quite simply a hard seed
coat which was impervious to water.  In nature the seed needed to be
mechanically abraded or pass through the digestive system of an animal to
be chemically broke down by the animals digestive track.  Each species was
a little different, but I'd never pumpkins to have a hard seed coat.  If
this is the requirement that these seeds need and acid soak may work as
well as the hot water bath.  At the University most seeds that needed to be
scarified were soaked in bath weak acid to break down the seed coat-so it
could absorb water later on.  

It sounds like the bubbling may accomplish the same thing, so you'll
probably want to stick with it, but it thought I may be able to shed a
little more light on the subject with this info.


Rick
Follow-Ups:
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index