I'm wondering why your success rate is so low for non-manipulated seeds - my
usual regime involves leaving the seeds in the apples (if they keep reasonably
well) thru the winter (this serves as stratification), cut them out in early
spring (often a percentage of them are germinating by then), cl
P.S. Forgot to mention that you and then separate the seeds from the grit
with a kitchen strainer.
On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 1:42 PM, Hugh Thomas wrote:
> Try a rock tumbler. This is a small rotary drum that is rubber lined. You
> can add the seed plus a grit, say silicon carbide or sand. Basically
Try a rock tumbler. This is a small rotary drum that is rubber lined. You
can add the seed plus a grit, say silicon carbide or sand. Basically, the
thing turns and the seeds will wear away in time. Might only take a few
minutes or may take a day or two. I'm thinking the 120/220 grit would work
well
Lee-
We used to germinate thousands of apple seeds each year to use in our replant
disease soil bioassays. Our protocol was to collect the seeds from apples that
had been in cold storage for a month or so; rinse them in a 10% clorox
solution; then dust them with captan or a similar fungicide; t
Anyone know an easy way to excise malus seeds, in my efforts to breed next
generations of my Honey Crisp crosses I always have about half of my collected
seeds are excised (split) and embryo are easy to remove. (germination rate of
embryos removed from seed coat are much higher, close to 90% wh
