Yeap! I was thinking about putting my seeds in something with coarse grain sand and shaking well!!! I hadn't thought about sandpaper but that would work better I guess. Atleast it wouldn't stick to the seed and make a mess.
I have grown other kinds of seed that had to be stratified and I resorted to using an emery board on them because they were hard, really hard and I only had a few to be done.
I think when I get ready to plant some more of my older seeds, I'll try the sandpaper. It won't hurt and it just might speed up the process.
Thanks Stephanie, I really like this one.
Fred, I find the little odd things to be very interesting. I've always been very inquisitive, if you could ask my parents I'm sure I was a "why" child!! Sometimes if you can find the small answers, it will give you the secret to the really big problems. How close are you to having blooms? I'm just getting ready to give my plants a big does of fertilize. I'll probably do it in a week or so. First I still have to find a good fertilize. I'm having a devil of a time finding anything close to the 3.1.2 ratio with minors. Nothing with minors, and not close to the ratio. You would think I'm speaking a foreign language when I ask for this. I tried a really really big farm supply that actually makes their own and they didn't know. All their stuff is balanced or with no phosphorous. I'm going tomorrow to a local nursery to see what they use. Maybe I'll find something there.
blessings, Mona
