Here is the method that I have been using for years. I can achieve about 95% germination using this method. Use an old one-gallon ice cream bucket. Put 4 to 6 slightly over-ripe tomatoes in the bucket, and get an old board (a two-foot long 2X4 works well) and mash the tomatoes in the bucket […]
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Saving Tomato and Pepper Seeds
[q]I am not an expert on seed-saving, but I have done alot of seed saving over the years. 1) I would assume 4 weeks of drying to be enough for peppers, but am not sure. Try it, experiments are fun. But remember, don’t get discouraged because it is common for pepper seeds to take up […]
Cauliflower Seedlings: Damping Off?
I need some help and advice regarding some cauliflower I am growing from seed. I sowed 24 cauliflower seeds, two to a cell, in plastic cell trays a little over a week ago – on the 27th, to be exact. Almost all of them germinated very quickly, within three days. By two days later most […]