What seeds are you just not able to get to germinate?
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Comments (2)Celery.. No cover light required for germination at 70F taking 10-17 days.....Rutabaga/turnip light cover temp 70F taking 7-14 days to germinate.....Carrot light cover soil temp 64-72F taking 10-21 days....Lettuce light cover soil temp 65-70F taking 6-10 days to germinate. Many inserts for growing seedlings are 1 inch deep but others for starting trees are 6 inches deep & may be used for starting root crops.Starting in a cold frame is common & instead of using FRESH manure on the surface I use it & cover with 1-2 incches of sand & it generates a lot of heat. A light bulb will also help. Also look on the package it gives time to maturity ....pick those varities with with the shortest time to maurity. I hope this helps...See More? about really old seeds, how do I get them to germinate?
Comments (4)Hi Greengardener, I had great success germinating about half a dozen types of seeds last year, that were packed for 1998 or earlier. Some had never been opened, but the red Zinnias had been sown before and they were packed for 1991! Much of the seed viability will depend on how the seeds were stored. Was it a cool dry place? I store mine in the fridge. You can perform a germination test on a few of the seeds to check their viability. I did this last Spring on some tomato, cucumber, and chile pepper seeds. I got nearly 100% germination! Btw, I am doing some germination tests on some of the seeds I collected Fall 08. It's great fun!...See MoreGetting Old Corn Seed To Germinate
Comments (3)Chao, Soaking the seed most likely will help and it certainly won't hurt as long as you don't soak it too long. If this seed is from a sweet corn, it is not likely to germinate very well if it is over 3 years old, unless it was stored in a cool, dry and dark location. If sweet corn is properly stored, you should get 50% germination of 3-year-old corn seed. If this seed is from a popcorn, field corn or dent corn and it was stored properly, you ought to get decent germination as long as it is only 5-10 years old. If the seed is older than 10 years, you may or may not get good germination. Some of these varieties germinate surprisingly well if they have been stored properly, even if they are over 10 years old, but others do not. When your purchase seed corn commercially, it is supposed to meet the standard of 75% germination. To conduct your own germination test, soak 10 corn seeds in water for 6 hours or so and then wrap it up in a moist (but not soaking wet) coffee filter or paper towel and place that inside a zip-lock bag. Check every day for germination. You may see germination of that seed in as little as 3 to 4 days, and by day ten, you've probably got the maximum germination you're going to have. You can direct sow corn seed in the ground any time once the soil temperatures are in the 65-70 degree range at the planting depth of the corn (usually 1" to 2"). Corn should germinate just fine when the daily air temperatures are reaching a high of 65 to 85 degrees. Normally, non-viable seed does float to the top whereas good seed sinks to the bottom when soaked. However, if you soak your seed corn and a lot of it floats, I'd still wrap it in a paper towel or coffee filter and attempt to germinate it in a zip-lock bag because you have nothing to lose at that point, and the floating corn might surprise you and germinate anyway. Dawn...See MoreHow to get tropical seeds to germinate in Texas
Comments (2)I think they are what is called a Fisheye Pepper or something similar. I bought a couple of the little seed starter window seal greenhouses from Lowes. I have a limited supply of seeds so I need to get at least one to germinate and grow. So I am going to try a little of this and a little of that until I find one that works. So far I tried planting one of the little greenhouses the normal way I would start normal seeds. I soaked the seeds for the other one in warm water for 48 hour before planting them. It has been four days since I planted the first one and two days since the second one. Nothing so far. How long do you think it will take? A week, two weeks, a month?...See Morelinaria_gw
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