RE: Seed Dormancy i.r.o Northern/Southern Hemispheres

Geoff,
I don't know if they need to be fooled as sometimes these seeds will
germinate before they are ever removed from the pumpkin.  Last year I
had seeds germinate in November that had been thrown onto my compost
pile in October.  It wouldn't hurt to put them in the freezer for a week
as an experiment though, it might improve your success.

Chris Michalec
Covington, WA
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Geoffrey Dunn [SMTP:geo@intekom.co.za]
> Sent:	Wednesday, October 21, 1998 6:02 PM
> To:	pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject:	Re: Seed Dormancy i.r.o Northern/Southern Hemispheres
> 
> Hi All,
>  
> Hoping one of our group can help. My question is this: Can a pumpkin
> seed be fooled somehow, that it has been thru an American/Canadian
> winter? The reason I ask is that of all the seeds that have come to my
> hand via members of this group, only the odd one germinates. They all
> looked good at planting time. I should mention also that seeds from a
> pumpkin grown by myself, germinated 100% under identical conditions. I
> have a Brock 689 and one of Don Langevins AG's growing well. Is there
> a
> dormancy factor, or am I doing something wrong? I must know, so that I
> will know to keep my seeds for next summer or just keep sending them
> to
> their doom.
> 
> Regards to all,
> Geoff (trying to grow them in S.Africa)
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