Coated seeds ?

daylilydude · January 13, 2007

What the !!!! What is this coating ? Have i got to scar this somehow before i plant it ? My lil sister wanted some Big Boy Hybrids

for there garden but they are wanting heirlooms also so i guess that's good but the seeds are from Ferry Morse and it is their money !

HELP ?? DO I HAVE TO SCAR THESE???

Tomstrees · January 13, 2007

My parents love the variety "jelly-bean" and the seed packet I had for them had the same white coating on the seeds ... I trhought it helped germination ~

Tom

daylilydude · January 13, 2007

Thanks Tom so you didn't scar them just planted as is right?

travis · January 13, 2007

Richard,

Just plant them ... the coating is a grey or white clay.
(Maybe in Mississippi, they should make it red clay, huh?)
It get wet, dissolves ... or crumbles rather ...
and the seed sprouts. No crackin' or scarring necessary.

The coating is just to facilitate planting either with your fingers,
or with a seeder.

The packet probably said "25 coated seeds" or "25 pelleted seeds."
Same difference. (Been to Wal*Mart or Lowes again, huh?)

PV

daylilydude · January 13, 2007

Papa Vic Thanks for the info and this little town i live in thats all there is Wally World but it wasn't me this time it was my lil sister and she's just as excited as i am about gardening and she seen the seeds in the rack and she knew the name from them because that's the kind they always bought as starts so she liked the flavor so she just had to have them.

travis · January 13, 2007

Richard,

Yeah, I stopped in Hopkinsville, KY on the way back from Nashville yesterday,
and the Wal*Mart there had their Burpee and their Northrup King seed packs out.

The Burpee Wal*Mart packs already have been talked about near to death ...
The NK Wal*Mart packs essentially are the same as the Lowes NK packs ...
except the Wal*Mart packs are 97c each.
I picked up some Jet Star in the NK packs.
They were those "20 pelleted seeds" kind.
I also got two packs of the NK/Wal*Mart Brandywines
(200 mg. uncoated seeds each) and
one pack of NK/Wal*Mart Jubilee
(500 mg. uncoated seeds).
I'm gonna try to cross the Jubilee with Sun Gold
and with Red Lightening this summer.

What'd your sister get?

PV

daylilydude · January 13, 2007

She picked up the Big Boy for herself and she picked up some of the Early Girl and Jet Star she said for me but she doesn't know this but out of the 50 plants she has me starting for her she's gonna get a few of the other ones also.
Dang it i just got off the phone with her and she wanted to know what the others were going to be and she told me and i quote (i don't want any funky colored ones just red!) so now i gotta go a rootin in my seeds to find some reds. Hmmmm! Mabey i can at least get some pink heirloom ones in there!

travis · January 13, 2007

Okay, Richard ...

I really have no idea what it's like
to grow up with a sister ...
But as far as brothers go ...
Seems to me though
it would just be right
to go ahead and give'r
a few of whatever kinda tomatoes
you think are good to go ...
and let her find out the hard way.
I know that's what I'd do
to either one of my two brothers
And laugh about it

'Cause if they didn't like it
they had it comin' anyhow :wink:

PV

daylilydude · January 13, 2007

Out of 5 kids she's the only girl and she is the youngest so she's went thru alot with us boys

but dang it i just had my house painted last summer and if i know her if just one tomato isn't red well i'll be collecting tomato seeds off the outside of my house.

Spider · January 16, 2007

Sand Hill has Big Boy O.P.
Spider

daylilydude · January 16, 2007

Thanks Spider but dang it i have already planted 65 of the hybrids oh well there is always next year.

P.S. Your avatar always gives me the willies

!

peppereater · January 17, 2007

PV...thanks for clearing up the "coated" and "pelleted" issue. I thought those terms referred to the anti-fungal red coating they sometimes put on things like corn, and I've avoided them.

travis · January 17, 2007

Pepper,

I think those are referred to as "treated" seeds. Some of the tomato seeds I get from Stokes are treated with a pinkish powdery substance that I assume is a fungicide or such.

Anyway, the tomato seeds that say "coated" or "pelleted" on the packet have all been the ones with the clay coating and looked like little grey BBs.

PV

feldon30 · January 17, 2007

January 13, 2007	#1
daylilydude Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Iuka, Mississippi Zone 7b Posts: 482	Coated seeds ? What the !!!! What is this coating ? Have i got to scar this somehow before i plant it ? My lil sister wanted some Big Boy Hybrids for there garden but they are wanting heirlooms also so i guess that's good but the seeds are from Ferry Morse and it is their money ! HELP ?? DO I HAVE TO SCAR THESE??? __________________ Richard

January 13, 2007	#2
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	My parents love the variety "jelly-bean" and the seed packet I had for them had the same white coating on the seeds ... I trhought it helped germination ~ Tom __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

January 13, 2007	#3
daylilydude Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Iuka, Mississippi Zone 7b Posts: 482	Thanks Tom so you didn't scar them just planted as is right? __________________ Richard

January 13, 2007	#5
daylilydude Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Iuka, Mississippi Zone 7b Posts: 482	Papa Vic Thanks for the info and this little town i live in thats all there is Wally World but it wasn't me this time it was my lil sister and she's just as excited as i am about gardening and she seen the seeds in the rack and she knew the name from them because that's the kind they always bought as starts so she liked the flavor so she just had to have them. __________________ Richard

January 13, 2007	#7
daylilydude Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Iuka, Mississippi Zone 7b Posts: 482	She picked up the Big Boy for herself and she picked up some of the Early Girl and Jet Star she said for me but she doesn't know this but out of the 50 plants she has me starting for her she's gonna get a few of the other ones also. Dang it i just got off the phone with her and she wanted to know what the others were going to be and she told me and i quote (i don't want any funky colored ones just red!) so now i gotta go a rootin in my seeds to find some reds. Hmmmm! Mabey i can at least get some pink heirloom ones in there! __________________ Richard

January 13, 2007	#4
travis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 2,984	Richard, Just plant them ... the coating is a grey or white clay. (Maybe in Mississippi, they should make it red clay, huh?) It get wet, dissolves ... or crumbles rather ... and the seed sprouts. No crackin' or scarring necessary. The coating is just to facilitate planting either with your fingers, or with a seeder. The packet probably said "25 coated seeds" or "25 pelleted seeds." Same difference. (Been to Wal*Mart or Lowes again, huh?) PV

January 16, 2007	#10
Spider Tomatovillian™ Honoree Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Zone 6 Kentucky Posts: 58	Big Boy Hyb Sand Hill has Big Boy O.P. Spider __________________ "Old soldiers never die, they just play in dirt." Spider

January 17, 2007	#12
peppereater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 99	PV...thanks for clearing up the "coated" and "pelleted" issue. I thought those terms referred to the anti-fungal red coating they sometimes put on things like corn, and I've avoided them. __________________ Dave

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