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- From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
- To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: Seed germanation helper?????
- Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 08:13:16 -0500
Parsley has natural germination inhibitors in them. They deteriorate over
time or can be washed out with water. Nicking them and/or soaking them
should help. But it's aloways a good idea to overseed and thin back.
Bill Shoemaker
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
Univ of Illinois - St Charles Hort Research Center
>Nicking the seeds, then soaking helps. I've not heard
>of a solution to improve germination, though I use a
>seaweed extract in which to soak hard seeds (from
>Johnny's). I do the parsley for 12 hours. It's still
>an iffy thing if they will sprout. I've had better
>results planting all my parsley in the fall for the
>following year's harvest. This may also just be
>climate/microclimate/soil related thing.
>
>Liz Pike
>Morningstar Gardens
>Pollocksville NC
>
>
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Seed germanation helper?????,
Tom, 06/03/2000
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Seed germanation helper?????, robert schuler, 06/04/2000
- Re: Seed germanation helper?????, Bill Shoemaker, 06/05/2000
- RE: Seed germanation helper?????, Miranda Smith, 06/05/2000
- Re: Seed germanation helper?????, robert schuler, 06/06/2000
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