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I had some 60 ginkgo seeds wrapped in moist paper towels in the fridge for a month. I could have done it earlier but I checked them today and they all had a thin, thin layer of green mold over them. I washed them with water, they look OK now but is there anything else I can do in order to make sure they germinate in the following month? Or is it all over? I've seen hydrogen peroxide mentioned here and there. Is that the solution and how do you use/apply it? |
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| If your seeds showed signs of mold in just a month, you probably didn't wash them well enough to start with. But, I don't think that means they aren't fine. Hydrogen peroxide should be a good solution (no pun intended) to the problem. I use it frequently, both to clean seeds and sometimes to water small seedlings. The best ratio is probably around 1 to 15 or 1 to 20 with tapwater. The hydrogen peroxide you get at the store is sold in a 3% solution and that is the concentration I am talking about using to start with (that you mix 1/15 or 1/20). To clean the seeds, I'd let them soak in the solution for at least a few hours. There may be some disadvantages of this method in rare cases, but it will definitely be OK for your Ginkgo seeds. Another thing you could try is a light sprinkling of cinnamon on your paper towels. I use cinnamon with almost all of my stratifying seeds. I'm not sure how much it helps, but I have very little problem with mold when I use it. |
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| The best material for straifying seed is shredded spagham moss it has something in it that prevents molds. I've stratifyed seed in sandwich baggies for 4 months without any truoble. You can buy theat moss any garden store |
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| It's called sphagnum moss, and I've tried it and a variety of other materials over the years (washed pure silica sand, coir, etc), but I prefer paper towels for a variety of reasons (immediate availability, white color, uniform consistency, ease of handling, etc, etc). |
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