[CH] Re: Saving Seeds
City Print (cityprint@xtra.co.nz)
Tue, 18 Aug 1998 13:29:27 +1200
Waay back, Ron Bates asked :-
>I was wondering if there is something special that needs to be done to
save seeds from plants.
I was reading The Pepper Garden by Dave DeWitt (et al) and found this...
In 1986 a study by Edwards & Lundstrom (sp?) found that seeds from mature
pods germinated faster and with a higher success rate that seeds from
immature pods or umm.. over-mature pods (that had been left on the plant to
overripen).
They also found that slowly drying the seeds over 3-4 weeks improved the
strike rate.
Hope I'm not too late :-)
Cheers
Chris