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Old April 3, 2014   #30
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Originally Posted by crmauch View Post
I remember hearing about this, I hadn't pursued this because I was hoping since the cheesmanni was originally crossed with 4 tomatoes and then processed through to F5 that there shouldn't be any non-standard germination barriers. I replanted 97L97 yesterday. If these don't germinate, I'll look into alternate germination methods. Thanks for the link, I'll start looking at this now.
I thought the same last year, since the accession is basically a tomato with one gene from lycopersicoides. This time I did the 1/2 hour soak in 1/2 strength household bleach, rinsed thoroughly, and soaked another 1/2 hour in water to remove any residue before planting.
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