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Owensboro, Ky.

I started 7 seeds 1 week ago. 5 of 7 are up & looking very healthy. 2 are not showing any signs of success. 1662 Daletas & 1610 Lieber are both older seeds (09 & 10). How long b/4 I give up. Peace, Wayne

5/6/2018 7:22:57 AM

Central Illinois

I tossed out some potted up seeds one spring, and they sprouted one year later so keep waiting. Usually after 10 days or so they have rotted.

5/6/2018 9:31:46 AM

Bethlehem CT

I usually dig mine up and see what's going on. If you give it a gentle squeeze and puss comes out. Start some more. If it's firm, it still has hope.

5/6/2018 10:10:26 AM

Grittyville, WA

agree. . . carefully see where they are at. Rot often starts in a week but they can be saved sometimes...

5/6/2018 9:44:09 PM

Grittyville, WA

h202 might help clean up the root if there is any rot. if cots are rotting get them above ground. Weak ones can be helped. mushy seeds are done.

5/6/2018 9:50:51 PM

Anamosa, IA BPIowegian@aol.com

You never know for sure. My first year, not knowing what I was doing, I planted generic seeds in the garden in mid May. By the end of June I gave up and hit them with the tiller. They sprouted by July 4, grew one 176#. Over 6 weeks in the ground before it germinated.

5/6/2018 10:32:35 PM

Syracuse, NY

well said, all and big moon----i had tried just now to sprout some 500 Poiriers '06 and a 728.5 and 743 Gatewood '01s and exactly what big moon said had happened. about 2 days before that, a 495 Reiss( 801.5 X Self) had a bloated inner green sheath, whereby i put the seed back in, but found that that one, too, was now mush within. to learn good from bad is our life-long project, i guess---now i have to pick out 4 TOP ORANGE seeds to replace them.
oh, what a drag THAT will be, lol---eg

5/7/2018 12:01:20 AM

Upa Creek, Mo

Wayne, I started a seed from 2010 this year and it was up in 3 days or the same as the newer seeds. Are you keeping the soil too moist? I keep the soil above the seed very loose and have a spray bottle of warm water to hit that area just enough maybe once a day to keep the soil just right.

5/7/2018 8:30:24 AM

Owensboro, Ky.

Okay, I gently dug up both seeds in question. Both still seem solid, so I gently replanted both. Time will tell. Should I turn up the temp in the germination chamber? Currently at 75F. Peace, Wayne

5/7/2018 11:04:15 AM

Anamosa, IA BPIowegian@aol.com

Turn up the heat. I go with 85 for pumpkin seeds, 88 to 90 for long gourds. 11 out of 12 germinated this year, One failure to launch was several years old.

5/7/2018 11:46:41 AM

Sourthern Utah

Wayne i usually do seed in the 85 to 88 range,, all seeds have come up this season so far, got a couple of older 06 seeds going to start for genetic reasons,, some seeds take 10/12 days, for me,, good luck, Curt

5/7/2018 2:26:29 PM