RE: silver bullet seeds
>>I checked that thought on a pumpkin that had sprouted seed.... and >the the
>>sprouts were on the opposite side of the sun exposure.
>
>Brock, I don't have too much to offer here, except that we collected the
>seeds from Tony Ciliberto's 714.6 down here, and a few of them were starting
>to open. After I dried them, I sent all of them to Tony. When I talked to
>him later, he said he tried to start some of the open ones to see if they
>were still good. I believe he said he tried six, and all six germinated and
>were growing just fine. So if you wanted to play out your hunch, maybe you
>could hold some that are just starting to pop open and grow them next year.
>Maybe if they have started to open, that would be a clue that they are ahead
>of the pack.
>
>Interesting subject.
>
>Beth
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Good info.........When mine had sprouted before there were roots about
three inches and the dang cotyledons were green.....go figure! I wonder
how far you can activate a seed then stop it and it still would be good.
Need to keep an eye on that and see if those that were slightly open are
good next season.
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