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Saturday, January 30, 2010
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VTkeim
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Williston, VT
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Usually in the winter I do an experiment or two with some of my "secondary" seeds. This year I wanted to see if "moldy" seeds had any affect on germination and also how seeds are "processed" before planting affects their growth. So group one (normal) took one moldy and one non-moldy, sanded and soaked them (what I would call "normal processing". Second group, one moldy one not, were only soaked. Third group, one moldy, one not, were only sanded. Fourth group (pure), one moldy, one not, were not "processed" at all. These eight seeds were all planted in the same soil at the same time, same environment, seven of the eight seeds germinated. The only one that didn't was the moldy "pure" seed, but I saw no other distinguishing differences in using moldy seeds. On processing, all the seeds sprouted within the same 12 hour window, however after several days there was a considerable difference. The "normal" plants shedded their seed skins faster and showed no damage to the cotyledon leaves (unlike all the others) and produced their first true leaf a day or two before the others.
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