Getting Seeds to Germinate - How to Overcome Dormancy

[@Bilal_A_K_Niazai]

After watching your videos, my work efficiency improved by 1000-fold. I can't thank God enough for introducing you to me. Being my teacher, you will always be in my prayers. Stay blessed! 💕

[@imissnickplur4964]

YES please, we would welcome your recording and sharing more of your talks. Thanks so much!

[@gjcinqmars]

Great video, I learned so much. I may have to watch a second time. I winter sow, this year I will try to not dump the pots that don’t germinate. I’ll give them a second year.

[@artofmagi]

For the ones that take longer to germinate, I do similar to the baggie method, but use 2 oz portion cups that you can get from a restaurant supply in bulk. They're still small, but more rigid, so I don't have to worry about anything getting lost or smooshed. I can pop the clear lid off and poke around a bit to check how things are doing, then put it back where it was if nothing's happening. Or I can just leave the seeds on the top then shake the condensate off to see if they're ready to go. The double-dormant ones all got tossed in a gallon zip top bag and put outside to go through the temperature fluctuations. I also use long-fiber sphagnum moss that's been shredded into tiny pieces. I've had things rot on me in paper towels, and I have the same issue as you with vermiculite. The sphagnum moss was a choice based on USDA leaflet #243 where they discussed the benefits of germinating and growing seedlings in pure sphagnum moss. For the warm cycle I place the cups on a heat mat, which remains consistently warmer than anything else in the house.

[@Craig_Humphries]

Definitely interested in more videos like this. Thanks for sharing.

[@sbffsbrarbrr]

I'm glad you mentioned GMO and that there is no such thing (for now at least) available to home gardeners. I did hear on a recent video from Parkrose Permaculture that a company is trying to get approval to sell a GMO purple tomato that is supposed to be chock full of antioxidants, on par with or better than blueberries. I would probably try it.

[@arnorrian1]

It's a snapdragon gene for anthocyanin transferred into tomato. It has been approved, I'm looking foreword to grow it one day.

[@xaviercruz4763]

@@arnorrian1whats a snapdragon? I heard black beauty tomato was maybe modified to be what it is…

[@arnorrian1]

@@xaviercruz4763 Snapdragon is Antirrhinum majus, a common garden flower. Existing violet tomatoes like Black Beauty are not GMO, they are a result of hybridising with a wild species of tomato. But their color is skin-deep.

[@xaviercruz4763]

@@arnorrian1 so snapdragon can crosspolinqte tomatoes and also tomatoes can be purple in the inside as well?

[@arnorrian1]

@@xaviercruz4763 Not cross-pollination, that is not possible. The gene for anthocyanin was isolated in snapdragon and transferred to tomato. GMO.

[@bigrich6750]

Yes, please share your talks.

[@Mastadex]

Fantastic! I'd love to see more of these videos.

[@pickmeisha]

I wish I’d discovered your channel a month ago! 😆 Im now restarting 5 varieties of plants…a bust! better late than never.

[@jayjohnson3724]

Always well thought out. Thank you so much.

[@rickytorres9089]

I am very understanding why you are not on the "organic bandwagon" because as you said, seeds ARE just seeds at the end of the day and all seeds are gonna sprouts just fine. What about those of us who are concerned about any potential seeds' "processing" such as fungicide pretreatments on the seeds' themsleves though? If not anything else, I personally don't want artificially fabricated chemicals into my food/soil mixtures.

[@Gardenfundamentals1]

That is a completely different issue. Most garden seeds are not treated with fungicide and when they are, they are labeled as such and usually cost more. Besides - what about all the chemicals in natural organic soil? how are you going to keep plants away from those?

[@rickytorres9089]

@@Gardenfundamentals1 Understood completely and that is why I mentioned about artificially added chemicals. Not to be confused with chemicals in general such as as you mentions nature naturally provides. :)

[@judymckerrow6720]

Thank you, very informative.❄️💚🙃

[@AB-vb2mm]

Thanks for the Ontario link ! I’m in the process of growing like ~xxx species per seeds for a new gardening start!

[@8cupsCoffee]

I like these videos

[@pplusbthrust]

I have an extra fridge in the garage. Robert better get one before he gets kicked out.

[@niftysparrow7996]

Anyone tried Avocado seeds with the baggie method? Maybe worth trying with vermiculite?

[@susanmullaney9359]

Native plants are easy to grow from seed. I hope no one is discouraged by your video. Native plants are the foundation of biodiversity!

[@NickDumitru]

Good talk. But you need to update your info on organic seeds. There is evidence that they can be colonized by certain microorganisms that give them an advantage when growing in living soil without artificial chemicals. Of course it depends what organic actually meant to the grower. It can be organic and without living souls and beneficial microbes.

[@xaviercruz4763]

Do you online exchange wheat, garlic 🧄, olives or any deciduous seeds mr?

[@Gardenfundamentals1]

no

[@xaviercruz4763]

@@Gardenfundamentals1 do you sell? And by the way, would you make a video on optimal interplanting without affecting negatively yields of trees 🌳 + vegetables and vegetables + low ground covers such as corsican mint, irish moss and wooly thyme? That could be excellent.

[@nunyabiznes33]

Really having hard time germinating physalis. Almost a month in and I've only seen one sprout so far.

[@Gardenfundamentals1]

A month is not long for many perennials.

[@nunyabiznes33]

@@Gardenfundamentals1 I'm actually now preparing a 3rd attempt at germinating seeds and I saw another one pop out from the 2nd attempt from a month ago (which are in a seed tray). I think I had 4 sprout from that batch already but they'd wither and die shortly after sprouting despite me keeping them moist with regular spritzing. Managed to pull one really tiny one that haven't even dropped the seed coat yet, after I've noticed they ain't gonna survive long enough to unfurl the cotyledon. Moved it to its own covered container out in the sun. None sprouted from the first attempt (placed them on top of soil and covered lightly) from 2 mos ago. Sorry for the long reply, I'm just frustrated a bit since these are supposedly growing wild in the countryside (tho not sure if it's the same as the variety sold for fruit abroad, no one sells physalis fruits here) and the roselle and morning glory I planted the same time has already put out decent growth.

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