Sowing seed on kitchen paper in sandwich bags

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  1. lukenotts

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    Hi, just wanted to thank the kind members who have posted the directions on sowing on kitchen paper. I didnt want to post on the old thread(s), as I remember there has been 2 or 3 of them, so this is general thankyou to all of them!

    The reason I found this method so useful is because I took the plunge and decided to spend a tenner plus p+p on 100 packets of out of date seeds from ebay. I only went through the process of sowing them on the 17th, and already 7 types have germinated... quite unbelievable considering the seed packet says the sow by date is 06/2006 and I would say there is around 80% germination rates!

    The germinated seeds are already in the seed trays :thumbsup:
     
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    Love a success story.. well done lukenotts
     
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    Congratulations Lukenotts. Thats brilliant. In fact I think that is one of the best uses of polybags - for sowing out of date stuff. You don't have to tie up large quantities of seed trays with stuff that you think might not germinate.

    Its also a good way of identifying the percentage germination rate. Just today I potted up two out of three Brugmansia seeds from a polybag that germinated yesterday after 15 days. Thats 66% so far. However if I had sown them in a pot I probably wouldn't have remembered how many seeds I has sown.
     
  4. Phil A

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    Excellent News :thumbsup: Its good when you get a bargain.

    http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jun/13/science/sci-methuselah13

    Wish i'd used the polybag method on my Dwarf Lop Eared French Beans. Brand new packet, terrible germination rate:DOH:
     
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