Re: [gardeners] 'maters -> Margaret
Margaret Lauterbach (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Fri, 02 Oct 1998 07:07:52 -0600
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>Thanks, Margaret, for the reply. I appreciate knowing another method. The
>one thing that the fermentation process doesn't address is separating the
>viable and nonviable seed. Supposedly, with the water method for 'mater
>seed, only the viable seed sink. The method was in the Horticulture mag
>several years ago. Maybe it doesn't matter for 'maters.
>
>
>Also, thanks for the tip on the book!
>
>Linda in NW Ohio near Toledo/Lake Erie, USDA Zone 5
>llbs@mail.glasscity.net
>
In the fermentation process those seeds that float would be caught up in
the mold layer on the surface, then discarded. So you end up with viable
seed. Margaret