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Old January 19, 2016   #9
Aerial
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Hi Fusion, do you mind sharing your techniques for reviving "dead" seeds?

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Originally Posted by Fusion_power View Post
Swampy sent me a pack with a few hundred seed of this bean several years ago. I was not able to grow them until 2013 but none of the seed germinated that year. I started all my remaining seed in 2014 using protocols to revive dead or near dead seed. I wound up with about 10% germination on about 400 seed. That gave enough plants to put in a 40 foot row and produced enough seed to send to Sandhill which they listed in the 2015 catalog...
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