RE: seeds not spliting am i doing something wrong ?


Have you tried the "advanced seed starting method" yet? Instead of nail
clippers, I used my fingernails, chipped everything off the embryo, put
in most paper towels in a small ziploc & put them on TOP of my
fluorescent lights, over the warmest part, the transformer. Did this
Wednesday about 1am; of my own seeds (594 Smith x 1062 Rivard) 100% (6
of 6) had a root at least 3/4" long this morning, less than 36 hrs. The
430 Bhaskaran was about 1/4" around 10am (1 for 1, 100%) and some of my
others were noticeably growing a root & leaves expanding.  My only
problem now is that the bed isn't ready. And my plant light system is
full of about 315 tomatoes & peppers...

Mark

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From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Chris9137@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 3:37 PM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: seeds not spliting am i doing something wrong ?


i only have one plant growing the others wont split i sanded the edges
soaked 
them in water left them on wet papertowels even put a light above them
to 
give them heat  but nothing yet i need to get these guys to start. i'm
out of 
good seeds but i think these will be ok they aren't mushey i put them in
soil 
and watered them maybe that will work im out of ideas so far only one i
got 
to start was an al berard #746 2001 dont know much about this one but
its 
looking good so far i also had an al berard #716 2001 but it didn't
split and 
got mushey and rotted i have 3 left im hoping for the best 


chris

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