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  • From: <mnr200 AT charter.net>
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  • Subject: [Market-farming] germination chart/usda
  • Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 22:35:35 -0800

I found this chart which may help people out... gives optimum temps for
maximum germination .. this is on the USDA website Mark ps... I hope this
copy and paste comes out ok ....
Table II. Germination data for home garden vegetable seed.
First column............. Crop Minimum Percent Germination
2nd column.............. Minimum tempurature for germination
3rd column .............. Best Temps for germination
4th column............... Maximum tempurature for germination
5th column............... Days to germination at Best Temp.

Asparagus 60 50 75 95 10
Bean, Lima 70 60 85 85 6
Bean, Snap 75 60 80 95 7
Beets 65 40 85 95 4
Broccoli 75 85 4
Brussels Sprouts 70 80 4
Cabbage 75 40 80 100 4
Carrot 55 40 80 95 6
Cauliflower 75 40 80 100 5
Celeriac 55 70 11
Celery 55 40 70 85 7
Chicory 65 80 6
Chinese Cabbage 75 80 4
Cucumber 80 60 95 105 3
Eggplant 60 60 85 95 6
Endive 70 80 6
Kale 75 80 4
Kohlrabi 75 80 4
Leek 60 70 7
Lettuce 80 35 75 85 3
Muskmelon 75 60 90 100 4
New Zealand Spinach 40 70 6
Okra 50 60 95 105 6
Onion 70 35 75 95 6
Parsley 60 40 75 90 13
Parsnip 60 35 65 85 14
Pea 80 40 75 85 6
Pepper 55 60 85 95 8
Pumpkin 75 60 95 100 4
Radish 75 40 85 95 4
Rutabaga 75 80 4
Salsify 75 70 6
Spinach 60 35 70 85 5
Squash 75 60 95 100 4
Sweetcorn 75 50 95 105 3
Swiss Chard 65 40 85 95 4
Tomato 75 50 85 95 6
Turnip 80 40 85 105 3
Watermelon 80 60 95 105 4
aMinimum percent germination to federal standards.
bHandbook for Vegetable Growers. 1960. Knott, J.E. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
cSeeds, The Yearbook of Agriculture. 1961. Stefferud, A., Editor. The United
States Government Printing Office.



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