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Re: Wow


Congratulations!!! I know how you feel. I did hand-springs too when my
helebore seeds germinated in the refrigerator after six months. Yea! Good
for us!
L


At 09:06 PM 2/11/98 -0500, you wrote:
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>Hi everyone,
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>I am so excited. One of my 8 , Custard Apple seeds has germinated. ( It has
>been almost 3 months)  However my Papaya and other Rainforest  seeds have
>not germinated.
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>As some of you know I am a novice and for this year decided to follow
>Norman Deno's suggestions for half my seeds and use the foam cup for the
>other half.
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>The foam cups I use are smaller than the beverage size ( in Toronto quite a
>few burger joints serve gravy in them.)  I punched a hole in the bottom
>with a screwdriver, filled it with seed starter. I then  sprinkeled the
>seeds and covered the large ones with some peat. I finally covered the cup
>with lid similar to coffee lids , but mine are translucent with a small
>hole on top.
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>To date Dr.  Deno and the cups are in a dead heat.
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>Seeds have germinated at about the same time. The only problem I had with
>the paper towel in the plastic bag  is that the little root  anchors itself
>in the paper and you have to do surgery on the paper so as to not disturb
>the other seeds.
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>I apologise if this is old news for the pro's, I just thought I should
>share it with all in the event there were others like myself who are new to
>seed germinating.
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>Happy "germinating".....Ranjit in Toronto
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