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  • From: Robert Farr - The Chile Man <rbfarr AT erols.com>
  • To: sunnfarm AT bellatlantic.net, Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] correction on pepper seed treatment
  • Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 18:25:45 -0500

My experience with sodium hypochlorite - bleach - is that it
significantly decreases germination - and I highly recommend against it.

Seeds are living things. Bleach kills living things. It's why I use it
in my kitchen.

Don't do it -

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