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Old April 2, 2014   #28
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Chris, did you pre-treat the L. cheesmanni seeds? These and others from TGRC can be difficult or impossible to germinate without treatment, although they are viable.

I did not manage to germinate some Lycopersicoides accessions last year with ordinary treatments, (Pimpinellifolium germinated but took weeks) so this year I followed the method recommended by TGRC using half strength bleach (which is pretty extreme!), and the stubborn ones are up 4/4 this time, also as quickly as tomatoes.

Check it out if you hadn't seen it: http://tgrc.ucdavis.edu/seed_germ.aspx
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