Re: Drying seeds
- To: <C*@aol.com>, <p*@athenet.net>
- Subject: Re: Drying seeds
- From: "* b* <d*@saltspring.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 17:51:01 -0800
Sounds like a perfectly fine way to dry and save your seeds, except I'd
have used a screen or some other perforated thing instead of a cookie
sheet, because the air could get all the way around the seeds.
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> From: COMPUTRESE@aol.com
> To: pumpkins@athenet.net
> Subject: Drying seeds
> Date: November 10, 1997 11:36 AM
>
> Hello!
>
> What is the preferred method for drying pumpkin seeds?
>
> Some of my pumpkins were "dry" inside, that is, there were seeds, but
> virtually none of the slimy pumpkin viscera we lovingly refer to as
"snot".
> The seeds from these pumpkins easily separated from the strings, and were
> "clean".
>
> Some of my other pumpkins had such stringy, slimy stuff, it was gross to
> clean. I piled up all of the viscera and separated the seeds from it with
> moderate difficulty. These seeds were slimy and sticky, requiring a rinse
in
> water. I did not notice if my seeds sank or floated.
>
> For future reference, is it best to rinse the seeds? Also, does anyone
have a
> mesh or screen they use for best results? How does one tell if the seeds
are
> dry? My seeds were very plump and large.
>
> I was concerned that wetting them would result in germination. I wanted
them
> as dry as possible, so I laid them out flat on a perforated baking pan,
after
> patting them dry from their rinse. I tossed them frequently to avoid
pooling
> of moisture. They dried within a week.
>
> Thanks for your input.
>
> Barb
> Orlando, FL
