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  • From: "loneroc" <loneroc@mwt.net>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] sprouting seeds recipe
  • Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 19:17:19 -0600

Bernie,

Try milled (powdered) sphagnum moss some time. It seems to have a
fungicidal effect that is either absent or diminished in its decayed form:
peat.

Steve Herje, Lone Rock, WI, USDA zone 3

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernie Nikolai" <bnikolai@shaw.ca>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 6:34 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] sprouting seeds recipe


> About three years ago I tried sprouting apple seeds in my micro breeding
> project. I put the apple seeds in damp peat moss as I had read peat
> inhibits mold. The result was about 10% of the seeds sprouted, and most
> were covered by a heavy grey/white mold, despite the peat moss.
>
> The next year I swirled the seeds in a 10% household bleach, 90% tapwater
> solution for 2 or 3 minutes, then rinsed them off in water that had been
> boiled but had dropped to room temperature. Then I put them in plastic
zip
> lock bags in the basement fridge in damp (not wet) common sand. I first
put
> 100% bleach in the sand and swirled it around with a stick. Then I rinsed
> the sand several times with water that had boiled, but was at room
temperature.
>
> The bottom line is I had as near as I could tell 100% germination, and
ZERO
> mold of any kind. I haven't tried this method with anything but apple
> seeds, but I don't see why it won't work for other seeds as well.
> Bernie Nikolai
> Edmonton, Alberta
>
>
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