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Re: [nafex] Want Pawpaw seeds?

From: Jerry Lehman <jwlehman@aol.com>
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Subject: Re: [nafex] Want Pawpaw seeds?
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2015 08:49:58 -0400

I have experienced the same. Just this past spring ran a germination test on 20 seeds collected in 2013 and stored in the refrigerator and sphagnum moss. Got 80% germination.

Jerry Lehman

On 4/17/2015 4:41 PM, topgun@otelco.net wrote:

misplaced them in the fridge for 2-3 years. When I found
them, I figured, well...if I don't plant them, they certainly won't grow.
Got about 80% germination rate on 2-3 yr old seeds.

Re: [nafex] Want Pawpaw seeds?, Dr. Lucky Pittman, 04/09/2015
- Re: [nafex] Want Pawpaw seeds?, topgun, 04/17/2015
  - Re: [nafex] Want Pawpaw seeds?, Jerry Lehman, 04/18/2015
- Re: [nafex] Want Pawpaw seeds?, Rosholdt, 04/27/2015
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- Re: [nafex] Want Pawpaw seeds?, Chris Garriss, 04/09/2015
- Re: [nafex] Want Pawpaw seeds?, Chris Garriss, 04/17/2015