Re: Seed Germination
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Seed Germination
- From: K* R* H*
- Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 18:43:03 -0700
At 05:34 PM 21/04/1999 -0600, you wrote:
>
>
>WBobier@aol.com wrote:
>
>> I would like to get some feedback from other growers that sprout their seeds
>> between paper towels.
>
>> Am I impatient, or should they
>> sprout soon?
>
>I have also used the paper towel and ziplock bag technique. I first soak the
>seeds for 24 hours in water, then I put them in the bags and keep them at 80-85
>degrees. The fastest seeds I had this year were the Sproule 968 and Cramer 652
>which sprouted in 48 hours. The slowest was the Castellucci 742 which took a
>full 7days. Wait a few more days and they should sprout.
>
>--
>Bill Kournikakis
>Medicine Hat, Alberta
>"http://www2.memlane.com/bkournikakis"
>I have had very good luck with this method this year, sprouted a seed from
Vankooten's 764 in 21 hours, Sproule's 968 in 25 hrs, Dohn's 916 in 29 hrs
and Lloyd's 909.5 in 33 hrs. I soaked the seeds in warm water for 6 hrs then
placed into moist paper towel and put into a ziplock bag on top of a heating
pad set on 2nd setting and giving out a constant 85°F works well. Cheers Keith
>
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