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Old March 16, 2015   #9
Ken B
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We carry Zipper Cream -- http://www.southernexposure.com/inde...&keyword=16116

I have been noticing the last few years that crowder type cowpeas (white and brown) seem to be more variable with their germ -- have noticed this with Colossus, Hercules, and Zipper Cream -- some of our growers pull off great-germing crops, while others get ones that come in just above standard or below it. (With one of these lots that germinated OK but not great in germination paper towels, when I later planted it out in last summer's cowpeas trials, it didn't have good vigor and had more spotty germination out in actual garden conditions; maybe we'll have to do additional potting soil tests to make sure of the seed vigor?)

My speculation = the big crowder types are more vulnerable to getting messed up by getting rained on as the seeds are drying down -- they'll get this kind of crinkly texture to the seed where you can crack them if you squeeze them hard...
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