Re: Seed Germination

        The seeds are 734 Marcellus & 914 Wentzell. 506 Spario sprouted.
        Thanks for the input, this list is great.
                                                        Bill Van


At 09:26 PM 4/21/99 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 4/21/99 7:28:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>harrow.fur@pei.sympatico.ca writes:
>
><<  sprout. My two biggest have yet to show their snout. I don't
> want to lose these & a little afraid to try any more good seed. Broken seed
> sprouted in 40 hrs and other two now have 72 hrs in zip bag without results.
>         Please comment.
>                                                         Bill Van
>  >>
>Bill,
>   You don't say what seeds you are trying to sprout. How old are they? In 
>the past, I have had bad luck sprouting the Mombert 567 and the 697 
>ciliberto. I don't usually start mine in bags, although I have. If you are 
>sure that the temperature around the seeds is 85 degrees and they are not 
>totally soaked in water, there should be some sign of a tiny radicle popping 
>out. On strong, viable seeds, I get them to pop out of the mix in the pots in 
>3 or 4 days. I have seen some seeds take a week or more, but I am not too 
>thrilled with the lack of vigor they display. I always favor the seeds that 
>break out of the ground, strong and early. I wouldn't panic just yet, but it 
>might be a good idea to start some backup plants from a supply of seed you 
>have alot of. I start seeds for 3 or 4 people. If there are a total of 10 
>spots, I might start a dozen good seeds.....figuring one or two may not come 
>up. I hate to see people waste 6 good seeds and only end up leaving 2 plants. 
>There is still plenty of time. I haven't even started a seed yet. I may start 
>two tonight and the rest within the next week. It is too early to start 
>plants in Connecticut, unless you protect them. Still going into the 30's at 
>night. My backup plants this year will be from a 647 pounder I had last year 
>from the Shimansky 825. I have alot of those , so if one of my scarce seeds 
>doesn't pop up....I'll put in a backup. Many times you get a pleasant 
>surprise and the backup turns out to be the best one. The 647 has great 
>potential as a backup....it came from good parents, had 2 the same size on 
>the plant, no signs of splitting and had no special care until August. It was 
>off to the side of the patch . I would start a few backups, make sure your 
>seed sprouting conditions are what you think they are. Make sure they are not 
>too wet and that you do in fact have 85 degrees in the bag. Start maybe one 
>more good one and a few backups that you have alot of. You'll be O.K....... 
>My guess is tomorrow you will wake up and have a pleasant surprise in the 
>bag. Not all seeds blast out of the shell in two days.
>                                  pumkinguy
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