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Wed, Feb 1, 12 at 15:28
| What is the best way to stratify small seeds in the fridge? Poppy and other types of seed will not germinate in our warm climate without pre-chilling I have been told. |
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| Mix them with a teaspoon or two of sterile moist sand, or sterile moist vermiculite (not soggy, moist like a wrung out sponge) and put into a tiny zip lock bag. Date and refrigerate. When you are ready to sow, sow the contents of the bag, sand included rather than trying to extract the seeds. |
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| Yup, they have to be moist, then cold, then planted. It simulates what would happen if left outside on the ground. |
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