CP seed harvesting and storage. very important to all !.
Jun 19, 2015 23:50:08 GMT -5
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Post by snapperhead51 on Jun 19, 2015 23:50:08 GMT -5
Hi every one, after doing T/c for some time now and receiving seed from all round the world, its been very much high lighted that a lot of people have no education about the harvesting and storage of CP seed .after getting so much jar contamination for seed sent from various place . so maybe a litte help in this important area mite help some to re-think how they handle cp seed . this in mainly based on nep and heli & alike seed ! hard cased seed can be different
1 :- never handle seed with your fingers ever , your fingers carry so much Bactria that it's a wounder we not all sick 24/7 , by handling any seed its instantly contaminated ,and can cause many things to happen ,one is fungal growth when sowing that kills the seed ,having to use fingidies to counter act molds in natural germination ect, and in T/c the fungal growth is 10 times worse and once it start your done , the seed is lost for good . some times if caught early enough you can put it out in natural germiantion but not all ways successful .
2 :- Never ever put seed into a plastic bag of any description or zip lock bag , it static charges the seed and draws contaminates to the seed like a magnet, and is super hard to get out of a plastic bag once static charge is going , all so plastic bag cause the seed to sweet again causing fungal and mold to occur that can not be seen with naked eye ,but sown or put in to T/c after sterilization just make the fungi explode out killing the seed or render it sterile .
3 :- all ways use fresh clean paper packets to store your UN-handled seed into and the put that in a air tight container into a fridge . , seed like nepethes can only be stored for 4 to 6 months at best , most less time , after that there sterile or just will not germinate ,so all way send fresh seed in less than a months of harvesting is best but sooner is better ,after that the contams are just to much . mainly in T/c
4 :- harvesting seed , usually when a seed pod opens the seed is instantly contaminated by the air around us , to avoid or lessen this contamination in nep seed its best to harvest the seed pods just before they split open ,this means one must be aware of the seed pod ripening progress and it pod spitting time by sight .or if it the seed pod splits to harvest asap do not delay. and follow procures below.
5:- harvesting seed , never use fingers to pull of seed pods from flower spike ,use tweezers that have been cleaned in 10% bleach or 6% peroxode , and let dry have a few pair on hand, once cleaned wrap up in some clean paper to keep clean as possible ., pluck of pod carefully, take to a clean area !! open pod with tweezers, and scrap out seed on to a fresh clean sheet of paper , not hadleing the seed at all , when all seed is extracted on to the sheet of paper, then fold paper in half carefully not to spill seed out and open your nealy made paper seed packest from fresh clean paper., I use new photo copy paper or new baking paper , and slide a good amount into the new storage packed one again not handling them, then close the packet ,I make mine with a flap so i can close the packet off , ,glue or stick down the flap and put in to dry air tight container and into fridge .
6 :- sending seed, make a new clean paper fold or packet of some description , get stored seed out , open packet , use again cleaned tweezers to get out the amount of seed you want to send , place in new packet in a clean area , close sending packet or paper fold, and send to your friend or buyer , they will very much appreciate the fresh clean seed send ,that will have much better germination and less contamination rates, , if this practice was done Evey were the seed would be much higher results and quality ,yes its a bit more work but would you not like the best seed possibale sent to you ??
this is just one way there are many others and can be take to a higher quality control still if one wishes to , , but some one now must let people know that many people are sending seed that is just no good to any body dew to very poor harvesting and storage practices ,so just using a few simple procudues you can get much higger quality of seed for yourself or sent to you ,would that not be good !! how about asking the person sending you seed how they prepare there seed on harvesting sale or postage !. mite be worth the effort !
let me know what you think ??
thanks john
1 :- never handle seed with your fingers ever , your fingers carry so much Bactria that it's a wounder we not all sick 24/7 , by handling any seed its instantly contaminated ,and can cause many things to happen ,one is fungal growth when sowing that kills the seed ,having to use fingidies to counter act molds in natural germination ect, and in T/c the fungal growth is 10 times worse and once it start your done , the seed is lost for good . some times if caught early enough you can put it out in natural germiantion but not all ways successful .
2 :- Never ever put seed into a plastic bag of any description or zip lock bag , it static charges the seed and draws contaminates to the seed like a magnet, and is super hard to get out of a plastic bag once static charge is going , all so plastic bag cause the seed to sweet again causing fungal and mold to occur that can not be seen with naked eye ,but sown or put in to T/c after sterilization just make the fungi explode out killing the seed or render it sterile .
3 :- all ways use fresh clean paper packets to store your UN-handled seed into and the put that in a air tight container into a fridge . , seed like nepethes can only be stored for 4 to 6 months at best , most less time , after that there sterile or just will not germinate ,so all way send fresh seed in less than a months of harvesting is best but sooner is better ,after that the contams are just to much . mainly in T/c
4 :- harvesting seed , usually when a seed pod opens the seed is instantly contaminated by the air around us , to avoid or lessen this contamination in nep seed its best to harvest the seed pods just before they split open ,this means one must be aware of the seed pod ripening progress and it pod spitting time by sight .or if it the seed pod splits to harvest asap do not delay. and follow procures below.
5:- harvesting seed , never use fingers to pull of seed pods from flower spike ,use tweezers that have been cleaned in 10% bleach or 6% peroxode , and let dry have a few pair on hand, once cleaned wrap up in some clean paper to keep clean as possible ., pluck of pod carefully, take to a clean area !! open pod with tweezers, and scrap out seed on to a fresh clean sheet of paper , not hadleing the seed at all , when all seed is extracted on to the sheet of paper, then fold paper in half carefully not to spill seed out and open your nealy made paper seed packest from fresh clean paper., I use new photo copy paper or new baking paper , and slide a good amount into the new storage packed one again not handling them, then close the packet ,I make mine with a flap so i can close the packet off , ,glue or stick down the flap and put in to dry air tight container and into fridge .
6 :- sending seed, make a new clean paper fold or packet of some description , get stored seed out , open packet , use again cleaned tweezers to get out the amount of seed you want to send , place in new packet in a clean area , close sending packet or paper fold, and send to your friend or buyer , they will very much appreciate the fresh clean seed send ,that will have much better germination and less contamination rates, , if this practice was done Evey were the seed would be much higher results and quality ,yes its a bit more work but would you not like the best seed possibale sent to you ??
this is just one way there are many others and can be take to a higher quality control still if one wishes to , , but some one now must let people know that many people are sending seed that is just no good to any body dew to very poor harvesting and storage practices ,so just using a few simple procudues you can get much higger quality of seed for yourself or sent to you ,would that not be good !! how about asking the person sending you seed how they prepare there seed on harvesting sale or postage !. mite be worth the effort !
let me know what you think ??
thanks john