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Gardeneer · December 18, 2015

I don't understand what the role of bleach, oxyclean and fertilizer is ?
The embryo gets the nutrition stored in the seed. And that is all needed to germinate and grow few leave and root.
All bleach solution may do is to soften the shell/cover so that the sprout can push out. And for this reason just plain water/moisture and 65-75F temperature should do. However bleach might help prevent infection/rotting if it takes a long time for the embryo to wake up. Just mu thinking.

Gardeneer.

sjamesNorway · December 19, 2015

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Originally Posted by Gardeneer

I don't understand what the role of bleach, oxyclean and fertilizer is ?
The embryo gets the nutrition stored in the seed. And that is all needed to germinate and grow few leave and root.
All bleach solution may do is to soften the shell/cover so that the sprout can push out. And for this reason just plain water/moisture and 65-75F temperature should do. However bleach might help prevent infection/rotting if it takes a long time for the embryo to wake up. Just mu thinking.

Gardeneer.

Gardeneer, I recommend this thread: "Seed Hygiene Issues".

http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=39098

Zenbaas · December 19, 2015

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Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie

Good!

And now one from from the H20 pre-soaked batch...!

Gerardo · December 19, 2015

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Originally Posted by Zenbaas

And now one from from the H20 pre-soaked batch...!

I've done two batches of B. Chab from Cole_R, the

1st was 3 out of 4, with 1 runt being discarded = 2 healthy plants.
2nd was 2 out of 4, with 1 runt being culled = 1 healthy plant.

3 plants out of 8 seeds, not bad at all.

I soak them o/n with a splash of 7-8-14 and/or TapNRoots, in growstone GS-4 coco-mix w/o the big rocks. Improved my batting averages a lot.

Gardeneer · December 19, 2015

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Originally Posted by sjamesNorway

Gardeneer, I recommend this thread: "Seed Hygiene Issues".

http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=39098

Thanks. I have been there. Bleach solution to disinfect , is different issue.
In the soak plain water I prefer to add some H2O2, for hygiene and to prevent rotting. Some gardener would also soak starter mix with it to fight damp off.

Gardeneer

December 18, 2015	#61
Gardeneer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7 Posts: 4,909	I don't understand what the role of bleach, oxyclean and fertilizer is ? The embryo gets the nutrition stored in the seed. And that is all needed to germinate and grow few leave and root. All bleach solution may do is to soften the shell/cover so that the sprout can push out. And for this reason just plain water/moisture and 65-75F temperature should do. However bleach might help prevent infection/rotting if it takes a long time for the embryo to wake up. Just mu thinking. Gardeneer.