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RE: Help: Seeds are not germinating

Seems there may have been a problem the first time.
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From: Barrucci, Donald
To: pumpkins@athenet.net
Subject: Help: Seeds are not germinating
Date: Monday, May 05, 1997 11:27AM

I have been having problem germinating my seeds.  I tried two different
methods with no luck.

I filed the edges of 8 different seeds (I did not file the end).  I then
soaked
them in luke warm water for 1.5 hours.  Next I put them in wet paper
towel
and put them into individual zip lock bags.  I then put them on my
boiler where
it is warm.  I started all this last Monday (April 28th) and no roots
have started
to emerge.  Have I done something wrong?  Could it be too warm?  Do I
need
to give them more time?  I find it hard to believe that these seeds,
which came
from 4 different sources could all be bad.  Any advice would be greatly
appreciated.

At the same time as the paper towel method I planted 8 seeds in two one
gallon
buckets (4 in each).    I do plan on only keeping one per bucket.  I put
them one
inch deep, point facing down into the soil.  I then water them well,
covered them
with a plastic bag and put them on my boiler.  I planted these April
28th and
nothing has popped up.  I did not soak or file these seeds.  Can they be
dug
up, filed, soaked and replanted?

Are any of the above seeds usable at this point?  I do have some other
seeds
that I did not use.  I plan on devoting tonight to my seeds.  Any and
all advice
would be greatly appreciated.

Help!

Don Barrucci
Woburn, MA
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