Re: Emergency Seeds

I find two hours soaking and the seed will have sufficient amount of water to germinate. 

At 02:06 PM 5/7/2007 -0400, you wrote:

Ok, thanks. I will try that next.

On 5/7/07, Mark Seest <miamihoosier@msn.com> wrote:
>
> Jordan,
>
> Sounds like too much moisture to me.  I've never had any luck with the
> "rag
> doll" germination like we used to use for corn.
>
> I just germinated 10 older seeds.  All came up on five days.
>
> 1.  Lightly sanded the edges. (not the growing point)
> 2.  Soak in warm water 24 hours.
> 3.  Plant in peat pots with very little water in the soil mixture.  I put
> the
> soil mixture in a 5-gallon bucket
>           and then add a little water and mix up.  Very little water in
> the
> planting mix.
> 4.  I have an old water bed heater in the bottom of a cooler.
> 5.  85 degrees (vary the temperature by opening or closing the lid a
> little
> after it stabilizes around 85 degrees.
> 6.  Add a very little water each day on the top of the peat pots as they
> dry
> out.  The bottom will still be moist.
>
> Good luck..
>
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