SCARIFICATION – LET'S HELP THE SEEDS GROW! In recommendations for sowing seeds of various plants, I often come across the words “seeds need to be scarified.” What is the best and safest way to do this for the seed? Galina Lopatkova - In principle, with any method of scarification the main thing is not to overdo it. Mechanical scarification The simplest option is to pour seeds with coarse river...
Garden and cottage - read more ... What is seed scarification and how is it done?SCARIFICATION OF SEEDS AND THEIR STRATIFICATION It seems that I fulfill all the conditions when sowing, but the seeds do not germinate. And every time I think that I bought unsuccessful ones again. Veronica Korzh - Not always the reason as a seed. 1. There is a whole group of plants in which, due to the underdevelopment of the embryo, dense shells, a high content of inhibitors (they inhibit growth) in ordinary ...
Garden and cottage - read more ... Mandatory scarification and stratification of seeds - so that they germinateSCARIFICATION AND STRATIFICATION OF SEEDS OF PERENNIAL FLOWERS BEFORE SOWING Surely in your gardening practice it was such that some seeds sprout quickly, while others stubbornly do not want to germinate - most often problems happen with perennials. REFERENCE Under natural conditions, their seeds germinate only in spring, after winter cooling. Until this moment, growth inhibitors act in them (substances that inhibit ...
Garden and cottage - read more ... Scarification and stratification of perennial seeds