Re: [CH] sanding seeds

phil and meredith (brownz@dot.net.au)
Tue, 9 Oct 2001 21:09:02 +1000

>Nope,  I plant 10 to 15% extra seed.
>
>An observation,  the plants that I help get the seed coat off, seem to
>be weaker plants in the field.

that's what i did this year, i planted about 150 seeds, got about 100 to
strike, lost about 50 to damping off, planted the best 28 in pots, and threw
the rest in what ground space i had. At this stage (a month on from potting
out) the strongest seedlings are easily the strongest plants.

byron, do you use a bleach solution?

cheers,
phil.