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Old March 4, 2011   #52
ireilly
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It is about time for my annual retry with the Guido seeds. I have
this one small packet that I got in a trade. The first year, I just
put them in seed-starting cells along with almost everything else.
No sprouts. Last year I soaked 5 or so in water for 24 hours and
then into a paper towel in a baggie. After 6 weeks, no sprouts.
This year, I am going to try the weak tea water and then the
baggie.
Have you read the books published by Norman Deno about germination? They are up on the USDA website. He has ceased publishing them and these are PDFs of his work.

I link through the J L Hudson website as it has the persistent links to the USDA site.

http://www.jlhudsonseeds.net/Germination.htm

Hope your seeds germinate this year. I even tried some cold stratification on some old ones I had to see if it would help their low germination rates. Interesting stuff.

Sorry to hijack the thread.
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