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Re: Seed Question

George--

So I have a pumpkin that has been sitting on my porch through-out our
very frigid winter, packed in snow.  Do you think I can still extract
and use the seed?  When should I do it -- now and let dry in my garage
or wait until spring thaw?  

--Chris Wilbers

GBPUMPKIN@aol.com wrote:

> As long as the seeds are mature the pumpkin can completely rot and the seeds
> are still good.  It is a natural process and I wonder if the fungus that
> forms even inoculates the seeds from disease.  This happens with the fungus
> that forms on tomato seeds.  That combined with the freezing in the winter
> may account for the vigor seen in pumpkin seeds that grow from one left out
> all winter and sprouts in the Spring.
> 
> George
> N. Tewksbury, MA USA
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