RE: Seeds in hot water

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> De: Don Martinson <dmartin@cdmas.crc.fmlh.edu>
> A: seeds-list@eskimo.com
> Asunto: Seeds in hot water
> Fecha: martes 17 de junio de 1997 17:44
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> Instructions for the germination of many seeds direct that the seeds be
> treated with hot or even boiling water.  I have always been hesitant to
do
> this, particularly with boiling water, because of fear of damaging the
> seed.  Has anyone had practical experience with this?
Don
It seems drastic but have no fear, at any rate with most
of the Acacias and with Albizias too. The water can be boiling
and you can leave the seeds till the water has cooled 
when you will see which seeds have swollen  -  
usually most of them.
Germination after being cooked is how such plants continue
to exist in areas with bad forest fires. You can burn them or smoke 
them too.

		Hugo Latymer    latymer@ctv.es   Mallorca Spain

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