Seed Viability & Seed Vigor
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- Опубликовано: 24 янв 2024
- Many gardeners are concerned about seed viability and how long seeds last, but seed vigor may be more important. Gardener Scott discusses the differences between seed viability and seed vigor. (Video #496)
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I have started some basil. Package was dated 1999. The way it is growing I would bet close to 100 percent germination rate, vigor looks good too
My mom gave me a big bag of seeds from around 94. I'm gonna have to see about doing some germination tests.
Such great advice Scott. This is the sort of info that a lot of channels would never make because they wouldn't think of it. Brill info mate
Yall have fun Monday. Simply enjoy gardening.
I bought packets of seeds at an estate sale dated 2000
Can’t wait to see if they sprout!
Applaud the vigor you still present in your videos! Thanks for taking us beyond germination!
You can also do a peroxide soak to increase your chances of germination. The solution depends on the original peroxide strength, so look it up and dilute with distilled water accordingly. It's not technically organic, but peroxide occurs naturally, so it should be considered organic.
Great Information! I never considered plant vigor. Very interesting.
I do this to start seeds. It is a great way to determine who is going to sprout.
Great timing Scott. I learned a couple lessons about seed vigor over the past couple years with a batch of sungold tomato seeds. For the past 2 years, my sungolds were really small plants and had mediocre taste... a stark contrast to years of tasty fruit from huge plants. Ive concluded it was a bad batch of seed and got a brand new batch if sunsold seeds this year from Johnny's seeds.
I think Kevin from Epic Garden mentioned something about Sun Gold having issues.
I believe I’ve seen someone say you can’t save those seeds bc theyre hybrid but where the heck do the seeds come from? When I let them come back from fallen seed they were small and seedy.
I was just wondering about my leftover seeds. What a great thing to do while the ground is frozen. Thank you!
Thanks for the inspiring information. I’m going to try some winter gardening here in Utah. It makes sense!
Thanks Gardener Scott, something else to worry about, lol.
Perhaps one way I could test the vigor of a warm weather crop seed like tomatoes or peppers, would be to try and pre germinate in my cold basement and see what happens.
I got lazy last fall and did not save that many new tomato or pepper seeds, figured I had plenty.
Attempting to grow mainly saved seeds, seed vigor certainly comes into play.
informative
My wife and I have been having this exact same discussion! But.. Umm... er.. different context.
In colorado at 7500 feet, the only way I could grow spinach was to spread the seeds in winter frost. Best spring spinach ever. All other methods failed.
I keep my seeds in plastic am mo boxes on the floor of my little coat closet. It’s always cool and dry in this dark, well insulated spot. There are times when I have been very ill and have not been able to garden for several years in a row. After all that time, most of the seeds still germinated, but my garden was not as lush. I blamed that on the fact that I still couldn’t be as attentive to the plants. Maybe old seed had something to do with it. Onions were the one thing that did not grow from old seed at all. Now and then, I give somebody a gift of “survival seeds” with the instruction to not wait until there is an emergency to use them, because it takes some practice and education to get good results. Now I will know to also let them know that the plants will be more vigorous if the seeds are fresh. Thanks for this advice. It gives me a lot to think about.
Simply awesome.... so useful, thank you!
This is great information. Thank you! Hope to catch you Monday morning!!
Very very interesting. This summer (southern hemisphere) I couldn't access Sweet Jimmy Nardello seeds from my usual source, so I went elsewhere. And the plants are weak and slow growing. No vigour, as per your talk. I've always been a bit confused about this issue and you have clarified that there is germination, and there is vigour, that determines whether a seed is viable. Thank you!!
Good information 😊
Thanks GS for sharing about vigor
I cleaned and reorganized my seed storage this week, but was only able to toss the packets I know I won't plant again. I know there are more I should delete, but just can't bring self to do it. I feel like I spent the money, I should suffer awhile longer!
I was just about to Google “can I use my seeds that were left out in the horrifically hot/cold garage for a year?” 😂
😂I had to put large tote of collected seed out in shed and hoping that didn’t hurt them. We will see.
Thanks
Want to do some winter sowing and this weather is not cooperating. We are not getting down to freezing and by next week possibly 50s. I seen there were solar flares this week and must be contributing to this crazy warm up. We normally have a January Thaw, but this is ridiculous. Rain starting this evening thru tomorrow 😵💫.
Last year many of WS either froze or rotted. The heat and rain last January and the snow in February did them in as I noted the seeds were about to sprout then it snowed. This year the heat and rain was December then subzero for only a week in January and now two weeks of crazy high temps.
The temperature swings are at a breakneck speed and not like those past occasional record breaking temps that lasted a day or so as these stick around for over a week or more.
I was wise and kept a few of those particular perennials I wanted to succeed in WS last year and will try the rest indoors. Maybe certain ones I will put in a small tray of soil in a bag and set in fridge for a bit. At least I know the temp of the fridge 🙄.
This weather worries me about what will happen this spring to fruit, ect as last year the growth was advanced too far and the late freak freeze killed many.
So eager to get planting and know I need to wait longer than last year. I don’t want overgrown seedlings and to babysit them longer than needed. Frost date is May 12th. Unless I am prepared to work harder with covering everything nightly until June I will need to wait. My only exception will be a low tunnel for peppers this year as I would like to get a longer harvest.
What I have noticed is areas that are closer to large bodies of water seem to fare better because the temps are moderated better.
Can they get too cold? I store mine in a broken mini fridge sitting directly on the uninsulated floor in my cabin. This year it got down into the negatives for almost a week. My seed sweet potatoes were sitting on the bottom shelf and were ruined. My seed potatoes were fine. They were sitting on top of the sweet potatoes in a cracker box. I don't believe the humidity changed much at all.
Too cold is not usually a problem unless there are a number of freeze/thaw cycles.
@@GardenerScott nice! This year I'll get it up on something to separate it from the ground. Thank you very much for your time and effort. 😁
Is this with heirloom seeds as well?
It is.