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Re: [Market-farming] Sample size for seed germination tests
- From: E C GRANATA <elainegranata AT msn.com>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Sample size for seed germination tests
- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:32:39 -0700
You ask some good questions. I don't know what's the right number, but I take 10 seed to facilitate computing the percentage-- just did 10 peas, 9 germinated so figure I have 90% viability.
Elaine Denver Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:17:04 -0600 From: grizzdover AT gmail.com To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org Subject: [Market-farming] Sample size for seed germination tests Hello All, I would like to do some germination tests on various vegetable and cover crop seed I have leftover from last season. I'm wondering if any of you have some insight on how many seed of each crop I should use for an "accurate" sample size? I'm wondering if I should use a larger sample size for seeds with a lower listed germination rate (like 60%) then varieties with a higher germination rate ( 90%+) as listed on the package. Also are there any general rules for the quantity of seed on hand compared with the sample size? For instance, I would think I would need a proportionally larger sample size for a 50 lb. bag of cover crop seed compared to 1 oz of lettuce/tomato seed. Any other tips for conducting germination tests that would give me a good representation of what I can expect out of the whole lot of seed? Thanks in advance, Ben Saunders Granger, Iowa www.wabisabi-farm.com _______________________________________________ Market-farming mailing list Market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming Market Farming List Archives may be found here: https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/market-farming/ Unsubscribe from the list here (you will need to login in with your email address and password): http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/market-farming |
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[Market-farming] Sample size for seed germination tests,
grizzdover, 01/15/2013
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Re: [Market-farming] Sample size for seed germination tests,
E C GRANATA, 01/17/2013
- Re: [Market-farming] Sample size for seed germination tests, Road's End Farm, 01/17/2013
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Re: [Market-farming] Sample size for seed germination tests,
E C GRANATA, 01/17/2013
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