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gardenmama · March 23, 2006

WOW ya'll are really patient. Me, I give them 10 minutes.

After misting and applying saliva, I wait about 10 minutes and then with a very gentle pinch I tease the seed coat off. I lose about 50% of the ones that are absolute "pinheads" (stuck coat with no leaves, tight neck at stem) but those that have partial leaf emergence do just fine.

March 23, 2006	#4
gardenmama Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: zone 7b/8a SE VA Posts: 268	WOW ya'll are really patient. Me, I give them 10 minutes. After misting and applying saliva, I wait about 10 minutes and then with a very gentle pinch I tease the seed coat off. I lose about 50% of the ones that are absolute "pinheads" (stuck coat with no leaves, tight neck at stem) but those that have partial leaf emergence do just fine. __________________ -Martha SE VA