Re: 1 out of 7 came up
Glenn-First I lightly filed edges of seeds,keeping away from the tip of the
seed. Moistened paper towel, squeezed water out until moist, not wet.
Rolled seeds up in paper towel( one or two, at most ). Put paper towel in
sandwich bag, squeezed air out, sealed bag. Placed bag on heating mat. Also
tried planting in three inch peat pots, but moisture control is more
difficult this way-seed usually rot. Also tried planting in vermiculite to
control moisture, but no luck there.
Glenn Needham wrote:
> Steve
>
> Something is not right there - AG's normally germinate 95% or better.
> Can you explain how you started them?
>
> Glenn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: steven minor <minok@surfglobal.net>
> To: pumpkins@hort.net <pumpkins@hort.net>
> Date: Friday, June 13, 2003 7:17 PM
> Subject: RE: 1 out of 7 came up
>
> >My thanks to Kevin Smith for sharing his experiences trying to grow and
> >growing AGs. I've grown "big" pumpkins in the past hit or miss, but no
> >AGs. Last year I had one pumpkin about 200 lbs. This year, not one of
> >about 15 sprouted, in spite of following accepted methods of starting
> >seeds. I am now in the process of refining my techniques so that never
> >happens again. I'll be asking for donations of seeds( or paying if I
> >have to)in the fall so that next year I can share my story of growing a
> >big one. Thanks to all who share their pumpkin mania here.
> >
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