Re: Diversity in Plant selection (This works just as well)
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Diversity in Plant selection (This works just as well)
- From: G* <G*@aol.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 17:58:36 EST
In a message dated 98-01-16 16:09:21 EST, you write:
<< Subj: Re: Diversity in Plant selection
Date: 98-01-16 16:09:21 EST
From: Lubadub@aol.com (Lubadub)
Sender: owner-pumpkins@mallorn.com
Reply-to: pumpkins@mallorn.com
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
I have been lurking in the shadows and reading all this mass of information
about seed selection. None of you seem to be getting it. Let me therefore
fill
you in. Seed selection goes like this. You get all the seeds you can from as
many sources as you have access to. Next you reduce the number of seeds by
75% using a divining rod. Following that you have a palm reader review your
seeds. Yes, there are are a small number of palmists that can also read
seeds.
( I learned this fron Nathan Zehr.) The palmist selects the top 10 seeds from
those remaining following the use of the divining rod. You plant these seeds
in your starter pots or directly and then simply make the final choice based
on plant vigor and growth. It helps a little if you start out with seeds that
have good genetics based on past performance, selecting only those seeds with
strong family backgrounds.. And don't forget to use good growing techniques.
Marv in Altoona PA >>
This works just as good as any other method:
Take a bag full of seeds and put it on the ground in front of you.
Put one foot in compost.
Put the other foot in manure.
Close your eyes.
Hold your nose.
Stick your hand in the bag and select some seeds.
Throw them over your shoulder.
Plant any that land point down and stay standing up. (In NZ the blunt end
will be down.)
Works just as well as other methods.
George
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