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RE: Scarify

What is a dremel tool?

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Mitsukiwi@aol.com [SMTP:Mitsukiwi@aol.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, August 20, 1998 12:24 AM
> To:	seeds-list@eskimo.com
> Subject:	Re: Scarify
> 
> In a message dated 8/19/98 4:48:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> patricia_johnston@bc.sympatico.ca writes:
> 
> <<  Also recommended is to scarify them. I tried doing that with a
>  pair of pliers to slightly open them but I cracked them too much. So
> my
>  question (finally) is, what is the proper way to scarify a hard seed,
> or
>  any seed. >>
> 
> Hi Pat,
>      I don't know that this is the proper way to scarify a seed but I
> use a
> Dremel tool.  It has worked very well for me.  Sometimes it is
> difficult to
> hold a small seed to use sandpaper to rough it up and sometimes the
> seed shell
> is too hard to get through.  If you have a lot of seeds, the Dremel
> tool is
> much faster too. I sand only until a bit of the white embryo shows,
> then soak
> the seeds for 24 hours before planting.
> 
> Nancy in Florida
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