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Feb 6, 2010 11:42 AM CST
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Name: Joanne
Calgary, AB Canada (Zone 3a)
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Region: Canadian Charter ATP Member Seed Starter Roses
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Morning Glories germinate very quickly if you soak the seeds in water & hydrogen peroxide.

Here is a great link:
http://www.using-hydrogen-pero...
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Feb 9, 2010 7:23 AM CST
Name: aka GardenQuilts
Pocono Mountains, PA
Thanks for the tip, seems much easier than nicking and soaking.
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Feb 10, 2010 9:40 AM CST
Name: Theresa
Calgary AB
Thanks for the link. Interesting.
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Feb 10, 2010 9:43 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Joanne
Calgary, AB Canada (Zone 3a)
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Region: Canadian Charter ATP Member Seed Starter Roses
Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Annuals Container Gardener Vegetable Grower Winter Sowing Enjoys or suffers cold winters
I'm going to try a Butterfly Pea vine (Clitoria ternatea) with the presoak mix too. Those plant names kill me....the picture of the flower must of had something to do with the latin name LOL
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Feb 12, 2010 3:39 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Joanne
Calgary, AB Canada (Zone 3a)
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Region: Canadian Charter ATP Member Seed Starter Roses
Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Annuals Container Gardener Vegetable Grower Winter Sowing Enjoys or suffers cold winters
I don't believe it. One Butterfly Pea has germinated within 24 hours. Blinking
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Feb 16, 2010 8:29 AM CST
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Name: Allison
NJ (Zone 6a)
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some of my daturas popped open soaking in h2o2... it does work well
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Feb 18, 2010 2:53 PM CST
Name: Ronnie (Veronica)
Southeastern PA (Zone 6b)
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Is there a ratio that you use?
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Feb 18, 2010 3:02 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Joanne
Calgary, AB Canada (Zone 3a)
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Region: Canadian Charter ATP Member Seed Starter Roses
Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Annuals Container Gardener Vegetable Grower Winter Sowing Enjoys or suffers cold winters
For soaking I have used 1/2 water 1/2 Hydrogen Peroxide 3% regular drug store variety
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Feb 18, 2010 3:07 PM CST
Name: Ronnie (Veronica)
Southeastern PA (Zone 6b)
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Region: Ukraine Organic Gardener Keeps Goats Zinnias Dog Lover Morning Glories
Annuals Bee Lover Dragonflies Butterflies Hummingbirder Birds
Thanks, I think I'll give it a try on my Yellow cleome that never germinated!
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
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Feb 18, 2010 3:19 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Joanne
Calgary, AB Canada (Zone 3a)
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Region: Canadian Charter ATP Member Seed Starter Roses
Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Annuals Container Gardener Vegetable Grower Winter Sowing Enjoys or suffers cold winters
I put a link for mixing hydrogen peroxide for different gardening applications to the right of the threads
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Feb 19, 2010 8:30 PM CST
Name: stephanie king
cut bank, MT z 3a-4b
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I soak all my daylily seeds in a mix of 1 part peroxide to 9 parts water and change daily.
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May 2, 2010 12:03 PM CST
Name: Heidi
Indianapolis, IN
Zone 5b
luvsgrtdanes, I had trouble with cleome too. And then I read somewhere that the seeds like a daytime/nightime temperature fluctuation. They recommended putting them in the fridge for 12 hours and then in warm household temps (70s, I guess) and alternating that for a few days. I did this in a damp paper towel and it worked.

I'm trying a few in a container on the patio now that our daytime/nighttime temps are similar to that.
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May 11, 2010 11:17 AM CST
Name: aka GardenQuilts
Pocono Mountains, PA
Both daylily seeds and morning glory seeds did well with the dilute peroxide soak. I still had to nick and resoak a few seeds, but it is much easier than plain water.
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