Posted by 36F30 on March 23, 2013 at 17:43:39 from (97.125.148.124):
In Reply to: Soaking seeds posted by Thesmoothedeere on March 23, 2013 at 16:32:18:
Thesmoothedeere said: (quoted from post at 16:32:18 03/23/13) Does it help promote germination ? Going to spread wildflower seeds as soon as it warms up , if it ever does ....
Depends on how you are going to plant them, I have pre-germinated native prairie mixtures, soaked them for three to four days in the bag. These seeds were seeded with a Finn hydromulcher. The seeds get soft and mechanical planters grind them to mush after pre germ so you can sew by hand or hydromulch but thats it.
After getting a Great Plains 1006NT drill I never pre-germed another bag. Proper seed to soil contact will bring them up just as fast as pre-germed seed spread on top. The pre-germed seeds had a higher seedling mortality rate and resulted in poorer stands. Get them seeds in the dirt.
This post was edited by 36F30 at 17:46:53 03/23/13.
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