Theseedobsesser is the BOMB!

[TheSeedObsesser]

Would that make me a Northern Southern gentleman, Bay?

Not the safest place for bike's here Marshall (unless it has a motor). We have a bunch of crazy rednecks that like speeding down the road with they're quads. I do like hiking through the woods but there's no way I'm going out here until the white turns to green!

The bomb? I sure hope that it doesn't explode!

 

[Kassaundra]

This is awesome, 8 years to find the seeds, my fingers and toes will be crossed for you. (I'll only uncross them if I have to start an IV, lol lol lol )

 

[Smart Red]

ANNOUNCING __ __ __ there are now 4 CLOUDBERRY seeds that have fallen to the bottom of the bleach/water mixture. This development is doing a lot to reassure me of their viability.

I reread the directions that BILL sent. The next step is not refrigerator, but 70 degree (F) temperatures. I have thermometers in different places through the rather cool house seeking the spot with the proper temperature. I have found one place that is 72 degrees -- my bathroom is right over the furnace. We keep the house much cooler, but that room is too warm in the winter and chilly in the summer with the A/C running. Hopefully, the thermometer in the tub, the dryer, or the cupboard will read a couple of degrees lower and be ideal for the seeds to rest and consider their germination process.

 

[TheSeedObsesser]

So how long have they been in the bleach/water?

 

[Smart Red]

The directions say leave them in for 7 days. So far it has been 63 hours and 35 36 37 minutes.

I always found that floating is not a good sign for seed viability, but I just looked at the container. With less than 3 days of floating, almost all the seeds now resting on the bottom. Only three seeds are still afloat in the solution.

 

[Smart Red]

Today is day seven for my CLOUDBERRY seeds. All the seeds have fallen to the bottom of the solution and are ready for planting. My wonderful, super-special, perfect DH shoveled a path to the chicken coop and spent quite a bit of time opening the garden shed door that had frozen shut. Isn't he great? That's where I keep my bags of peat moss.

Now I have plenty of peat moss for my CLOUDBERRY seed planting today. I am putting three seeds in each styrofoam cup filled with a mixture of damp 1/2 potting soil and 1/2 peat moss. They will rest in my bathroom for a month. I'm thinking it shouldn't matter, but with February being a short month, I'll give them until the 28th for a total of 30 days.

Still excited and walking on air.

 

[TheSeedObsesser]

The exciting part is yet to come! I can't wait to see the seedlings pop out of the dirt.

 

[Smart Red]

You'll see when it happens. I'll send baby announcements to all the gardening friends here at TEG and lots of pictures!
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And because I am a science teacher, they will pop out of the soil not the dirt. Sorry!

 

[TheSeedObsesser]

Science teacher, I thought you were an English teacher?

How about potting mixture? Potting solution?

 

[Smart Red]

I am a teacher. At the grade school level that means I taught math, science, reading, language, social studies, spelling, current events, art, music, technology, and even a week of sex ed each year. Reading and language are close to my heart, but math and science are my favorite classes to teach.

I have 1/2 peat and 1/2 potting soil. With a bit of coffee grounds added that should be pretty acidic. I also have a very diluted acid fertilizer for once the plants are growing. I will add ground oak leaves and pine needles to their first outside home.