[CH] Re:Habanero Germination

peter gaffney (petergaffney@bc.sympatico.ca)
Sat, 19 Dec 1998 08:16:00 -0800

somewhere i read that germination could be encouraged by use
of "scarification". that is, lightly crushing the seed to cause some
minute cracking of the hard seed coat before soaking.
has anyone tried this low-tech approach? success rate?
how do the numbers compare to the "bleach additive" method?
regards
peter g