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  • From: "tanis cuff" <tanistanis@hotmail.com>
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  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] New method for sprouting seeds
  • Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 19:40:42 +0000

Not to answer your question, which I don't know anyway, but to comment on your method. To a seed, warm is warm. But to a SPROUTING seed, damage is damage ! If you were to leave the sprouting seeds in your warm pocket, the radicles (the root which emerges from the seed) would sustain damage. So keep an eye on the seeds, and plant out as soon as you see any growth.

Tanis Cuff




From: "Mark Lee" <markl@nytec.com>
Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] New method for sprouting seeds
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 11:35:04 -0800

I have some equipment that I use to help germinate seeds. One of these is a
temperature controlled chamber. It works well, but it is quite bulky and
requires a source of AC power to regulate the temperature. I have developed
a low tech alternative for small scale seed germinating projects... I mean
really small scale. And my new technique is very portable, but I doubt that
adds much value to the process. So here is my story:

I needed a key ring recently, and I decided to buy one with a thermometer in
it. I noticed that the temperature in my pocket was right around 80'F all
day long, day after day. I don't know how much this varies from
person-to-person, but at this temperature I saw an opportunity. This was
close to the temperature I use in my seed germinating chamber. I decided to
try an experiment. I purchased a Meyer lemon. I saved all the seeds, and I
placed them in a plastic sandwich bag. Nothing else was added to the bag.
I carried these in my pocket for a week. Nothing happened, and the seeds
were starting to dry out a little. I decided to add some potting soil to
the bag. After a few days my pocket started to smell like dirt, so I
stopped the experiment. That was one day ago. Today I looked in the bag
and one of the seeds has sprouted. The room temperature is around 60'F in
my house. I think the seeds would have taken much longer to germinate at
this room temperature than they did in my pocket. This sounds like an
experiment that would make a good school science project (comparing seeds
germinated at room temperature to seeds germinated in a pocket).

By the way, how long do I have to wait to get Meyer lemons from seed, if it
is at all possible?

-Mark Lee, Seattle z7b/8a
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