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FORESTERS'
TIPS, TECHNIQUES,
AND
TRICKS OF THE TRADE | | |
 TROUBLESOME SEEDS
If you have recalcitrant seeds that will not keep their viability long enough for planting, try the
following. Mix them with
damp sand, wrap them in fine wire mesh, place the package in a 2 foot deep pit, and cover with soil.
When you are ready
to use them, dig them out. The method seems to work by reducing the fluctuations in temperature, humidity,
light and
atmosphere, so the seed is tricked into keeping dormant. In the same vein, remember that a cooled seed
store that keeps
going wrong and warming up is worse than no cool store at all. Even dried orthodox seed kept in
sealed containers may
lose viability more quickly due to the fluctuations.
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