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RE: Legumes, Acacias

Dear Martín:
The best results I have had with hard  legume seeds is to soak them in a cup
of boiling water (putting the seeds in the cup) and leaving them there for
24 hours, then sow them. I have seen some soft leguminose seeds, I have
sowed them as soon as I receive them and it has proven good results.
Ignacio Garcia B.
-----Original Message-----
De: Martin Voges <voges@drama.unp.ac.za>
Para: seeds-list@eskimo.com <seeds-list@eskimo.com>
Fecha: Miércoles 12 de Agosto de 1998 01:09 AM
Asunto: Legumes, Acacias


>Hi all,
>
>Two questions about preparing seeds for sowing:
>
>1.  Do seeds of the legume family generally have to dry out before
>they're ready to germinate?  Some seeds I got from a Craibia
>zimmermannii and another legume family member are still soft, and I'm
>wondering whether there's any point sowing them in that state.
>
>2.  I've collected a variety of Acacia seeds (South African species).
>The seeds seem to be very hard.  Is there a general rule for presowing
>treatment of acacia seeds, eg. scarify, or soak, etc?
>
>If this info is in one of the internet databases, I'd appreciate
>someone posting it for me - my internet connection is practically
>nonexistent at present.
>
>Regards,
>Martin
>
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