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Re: Scarify

to scarify a seed....use a fingernail file or emery board, lightly used on a
small area, should allow the seed to germinate.  :)
-----Original Message-----
From: patricia johnston <patricia_johnston@bc.sympatico.ca>
To: seeds-list@eskimo.com <seeds-list@eskimo.com>
Date: Wednesday, August 19, 1998 3:52 PM
Subject: Scarify


>Hello all,
>I am new to this list and enjoying it very much. And,,,,now my question. I
>bought some seeds from the nursery that came from Costa Rica. The name of
>the plant is Elephants Ear, (Enterolobium Cyclocarpum). The seed looks and
>feels like an uncooked kidney bean. I soaked them for a few days, as
>recommended. 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.
>Thanxs a-bunch
>Pat.
>
>
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