- Mon May 16, 2011 3:13 am
#102530
On friday i put about some 130 seeds of crimson-eyed-rose-mallow/ hibiscus moscheutos, and they germinated in just a day, from what i have read about this plant, their process to germinate because of their hard coat is 1 year.
So my point is, instead of using 10% bleach solution, or for those who don't have available bleach, or don't know how to make 10% bleach, here's a way to do scarification for seeds and is extremely easy.
I have not try this for CP seeds, but i will try it. For those who are curious, you might want to try it it for seeds that usually take long to break their coats, such as sarracenias, and maybe VFT seeds), and i don't see any cons of doing it but the only concern that you might cook the seeds if not careful.
Process:
Consist of collecting rain/distilled water or whatever water you use for your CP's, and filling a small jar or whatever container that you can close. I placed the water in the microwave with the cap on for 2minutes, then waited for a few minutes until the water was just hot that i was able to hold the jar with my hands, i did not measure the degrees or anything of that sort, but i would say somewhere around 95F-105F is good( i will try this more acurate). When i took out of the microwave, i took off the cap. After the about, if not mistaken some 15 minutes, i threw the seeds in, and then i closed the container with the cap, i shaked the jar just slow because the seeds floated, and it waited 8 hours( i reccomend that you do this before going to bed, there you have your 8 hours, and therefore you won't be able to bother the seeds that much)
and that's about it.
One other thing to mentioned is that the temp of my room was at 75F during the night and morning, so the jar was almost at that temperature keeping the heat, that means if trying this, i reccomend you do this in a room were temps stay in the 73-80F range.
Hope this helps!
I can't wait to try it on some sarra seeds, and vft seeds to see the results, anyone doing this, post here please, or let me know how it goes!
So my point is, instead of using 10% bleach solution, or for those who don't have available bleach, or don't know how to make 10% bleach, here's a way to do scarification for seeds and is extremely easy.
I have not try this for CP seeds, but i will try it. For those who are curious, you might want to try it it for seeds that usually take long to break their coats, such as sarracenias, and maybe VFT seeds), and i don't see any cons of doing it but the only concern that you might cook the seeds if not careful.
Process:
Consist of collecting rain/distilled water or whatever water you use for your CP's, and filling a small jar or whatever container that you can close. I placed the water in the microwave with the cap on for 2minutes, then waited for a few minutes until the water was just hot that i was able to hold the jar with my hands, i did not measure the degrees or anything of that sort, but i would say somewhere around 95F-105F is good( i will try this more acurate). When i took out of the microwave, i took off the cap. After the about, if not mistaken some 15 minutes, i threw the seeds in, and then i closed the container with the cap, i shaked the jar just slow because the seeds floated, and it waited 8 hours( i reccomend that you do this before going to bed, there you have your 8 hours, and therefore you won't be able to bother the seeds that much)
and that's about it.
One other thing to mentioned is that the temp of my room was at 75F during the night and morning, so the jar was almost at that temperature keeping the heat, that means if trying this, i reccomend you do this in a room were temps stay in the 73-80F range.
Hope this helps!
I can't wait to try it on some sarra seeds, and vft seeds to see the results, anyone doing this, post here please, or let me know how it goes!
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