RE: silver bullet seeds
>Thats a good question Mike and one I can't really answer. It bears further
>study though. I had seeds germinate in my 508 this past fall and others
>that had split their seed coats and were, I assume on their way to
>germinating. I will to some test germination with those seeds and others
>that were not split and see if I note any difference between them. My gut
>tells me that those that germinated just happened to have the right
>conditions and perhaps were a bit more aggresive. Maybe the sun shone on
>that side of the pumpkin a bit longer and warmed things up inside and that
>particular seed was ready to go. As for the Silver Bullet seeds. Maybe
>they exist because those particular seeds just happened to have the best
>attributes in the genetic mix.
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Chris,
We agree silver bullets exist because of the best attributes of genetic
mix. This is true all around us. What triggers certain seeds to sprout is
interesting and would think heat is one requirement. I checked that
thought on a pumpkin that had sprouted seed.... and the the sprouts were on
the opposite side of the sun exposure. So now I don't know what to think?
I am just trying to find something to eliminate of few of these awesome
seeds!...MB
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