Re: seed germination
Christy, I don't mean to be a pain, but when you are done with the chilling
process do you plant them straight into the ground or plant them in flats?
chris
Syracuse, New York zone 5
----- Original Message -----
From: "J.F. Hensler" <christyh@povn.com>
To: "sibrob" <sibrob@egroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 5:06 PM
Subject: RE: [sibrob] seed germination
> Hi Chris,
>
> I usually soak SIB seeds (and the rest of the beardless) for anywhere from
> a week to a month depending on how crunched for time I am. Doesn't seem to
> make a lot of difference as long as I remember to change the water
> frequently.
>
> Used to plant the soaked seeds directly into peat based potting soil prior
> to chilling till I got hold of a bad batch of potting soil. Fungus gnats
> began hatching as soon as I brought the flats inside! Yikes! What a
> disaster.
>
> Last season I just lifted the nylons (seeds with labels are trapped in
> these and held down with small rocks to soak) popped them into ziplock
bags
> and tossed them outside to chill in a protected spot (protected from cats,
> dogs, and husband). We were still dropping well below freezing at night.
> Chilling was for about a month but could easily have been longer since a
> second batch didn't get planted for another month and did just fine.
>
> Christy Hensler
> Newport, WA z4b
>
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> From: Christop Kazel
>
> << How long should I soak the seeds for? How long should I keep them in
the
> frig for? Should I keep them in wet paper or another medium while they are
> in the frig? <<
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