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- From: Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Seed Germination?
- Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 09:39:53 -0500
On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 13:44:12 -0500, you wrote:
>I planted two varieties of cabbage(seed about 2 years old) in the same
>germination flat. One variety came up vigorous and happy. The other
>germinated somewhere between 50 and 75%. What did come up looks like it was
>sprayed with chlorine bleach. Definately not a soil problem as I was using
>from the same freshly mixed batch. Could this be caused by seed too old or
>would there be pathology in the seed?
I've noticed this phenomenon - failure to thrive - in plants produced from
older seed as well. I've noticed it more than once, and wondered about it.
I have a book on the botany of seeds. I cannot do it right now (I'm sick
with a very nasty virus) but I'll look in the book and see if I can find
anything about this. If I can find anything, I'll let the list know.
(I'll put the book on my desk right now so I won't forget.)
Pat
-- North-Central Pennsylvania, USA
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The world has enough for everyone's need,
but not enough for everyone's greed.
Attributed to Mahatma Gandhi.
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Marlin Burkholder, 03/03/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Seed Germination?,
shopkins, 03/03/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Seed Germination?, Marlin Burkholder, 03/04/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Seed Germination?,
Pat Meadows, 03/08/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Seed Germination?,
Pat Meadows, 03/08/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Seed Germination?,
Pat Meadows, 03/08/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Seed Germination?,
shopkins, 03/03/2009
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